predynastic egyptian pottery image courtesy of the petrie museum, ucl yourhistory agripton2013
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Predynastic Egyptian Pottery
Image courtesy of the Petrie Museum, UCL
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What is Predynastic Egypt?Essentially, it is Egypt before the
time of the pyramidsIt was a collection of different
cultures and provincesOne culture would eventually
dominate, helping Egypt to unify
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Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
“The Father of Egyptology” Worked in Predynastic cemeteries
at Naqada Flinders Petrie established
sequence dating He arranged pots in a relative
chronological order (“classes”) based on the resemblances of the types. Each was assigned a number between 30 and 80. He started at 30 because he presumed that older pots would be found in the future.
System still used by archaeologists today
Image from GoogleMaps
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Petrie’s Pottery ClassesWhite Cross‐lined (C)Black Top (B)Wavy Handled (W)Red Polished (P)Fancy (F)Black Incised (N)Decorated (D)Rough (R)
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Petrie & MeLook carefully at the following
picturesTry to match each picture with
one of Petrie’s ‘classes’Explain why you think it is that
classTry and put them in the right
order of time/when they were made
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Why is pottery important in
the Predynastic Period?
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What does pottery tell us about Predynastic Egyptian Society?