NMC260Y1 Lecture 10: week 10
5 May 2016
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Only one cultural sequence in the south called the badarian turns into the. First attestation of the full agriculture community in the nile valley. Cattles sheep being herded less of a focus or dependence on hunting. Lithic industry like the north is poorly developed. Big difference in the ceramics black top wares. Bowl, cups burnish polish them and fire them for a shiny look. Explosions of figurines mostly female with exaggerated genitalia. Contracted on left side facing south bodies. Old cultural understanding amratian followed by gerzean sites. Core area area between abydos and hierokopolis. Important because the widest part of the nile river. Al hamamia more permenant and more complex. Development in stone working development of mace heads. Black top pottery decline plain red pottery much more popular. Over all reddish pottery but decorated with white lines and geometric figures and animal, plant and humans.
