The Production, Use and Importance of Flint Tools in the Archaic Period and the Old Kingdom in Egypt
By (author) Michał Kobusiewicz
Paperback (Published)
(January 2016)
ISBN: 9781784912499
8.07 x 11.42 inches
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This volume represents a selection of contributions on Mediterranean themes from a wider international interdisciplinary conference on Magical Texts in Ancient Civilizations, organised by the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilizations at Jagiellonian University in Krakow in Poland between 27-28 June 2013.
This book seeks to explore the issues of production, use and importance of flint tools in the Archaic Period, known also as the Early Dynastic Period, and the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the epoch immediately following the unification of pre-state organisms of Upper and Lower Egypt into one political body. This volume provides an in-depth study of tools made of flint, which unceasingly fulfilled a major role in the period being considered. Flint, occurring in a number of varieties, substantially outnumbers other raw materials used for manufacturing tools, to wit: chalcedony, obsidian, quartzite, carnelian or rock crystal, all found in small or even minute amounts, which attests to their minor role in the first periods of Egyptian history. Notwithstanding a growing number of implements made of copper, then bronze, flint tools constituted an essential element of a broad-based culture, and not only material culture, in the Archaic Period, the Old Kingdom and beyond.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Production of Tools
Chapter 3: Types of Flint Artefacts in the Archaic Period and the Old Kingdom Chapter 4 Flint Assemblages from Recently Investigated Old Kingdom Sites
Chapter 5: Comparison of Flint Assemblages Dated to the Old Kingdom: Sites from Dakhla Oasis, Kom el Hisn and Elephantine
Chapter 6: El Kharafish
Chapter 7: Three Lithic Complexes
Chapter 8: The Importance of Flint Tools in the Culture of Early Dynasties of Egypt
Chapter 9: The Cognitive Potential of Flint Materials
Chapter 10: Continued Interest in Flint
Chapter 11: Conclusions
Appendix: Contribution to the Functional Identification of Flint Tools used during the Old Kingdom of Egypt. A Case Study of Kom el Hisn and Ain el Gazzareen by Malgorzata Winiarska-Kabacinska
- By (author) Michał Kobusiewicz
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