Prehistoric Egypt

Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie's 1921 description and catalog of pre-dynastic, prehistoric artifacts from Egypt. Draws together evidence from various excavations and surveys undertaken by himself and others to present a fully illustrated, detailed catalog of recovered artifacts of flint, other stone, clay, pottery, ivory/tusk and bone, metalwork, wood, shell and glass. He attempts to establish relative dating sequence based on a combination of object typologies and grave associations, combined with the then-latest geological and sedimentological information, concluding that the material covered a period from around 10,000-5000 BC. Objects are described by material and form, set within his established chronological framework.
Table of Contents
1. The materials
2. The dating
3. Human figures
4. Animal figures
5. The white cross-lined pottery
6. The decorated pottery
7. Weapons
8. Metal work, measures and weights
9. Personal objects
10. The stone vases
11. Slate palettes
12. Minor articles
13. The epochs of the prehistoric ages
14. The prehistoric civilisations
Index
Plates