Archaeology of Ancient Egypt: Pre Dynastic and Early Dynastic periods

Pre-requisites: None. Midterm test after the 7th week as well as the final test.

Course objectives: To acquire basic knowledge regarding pre- and proto dynastic cultures of Ancient Egypt, starting from the Epipaleolithic up until the end of the Second Dynasty. Also, the goal of this course is to development of critical data reviewing skills in students.

Course description: Geographical and paleoecological conditions in the Nile delta; eastern and western desert. Terminal Paleolithic, process of neolithization, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, the relation between Upper and Lower Nile cultures, the cross over from Pre Dynastic to Dynastic period, First and the Second Dynasties.

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Literature/Reading:

• Neophodna literatura se može dobiti u biblioteci Odeljenja za arheologiju. Važan izvor podataka, uz ilustrativne primere, su predavanja. Preporučljiv je i uvid u odgovarajuće sajtove na internetu.
• Midant-Reynes, B. 2000 The Prehistory of Egypt. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers [str. 100–124, 152–166, 210–220];
• Wilkinson, T. A. H. 1999 Early Dynastic Egypt. London and New York: Routledge.
• Tutundžić, S. 2004 Donji Egipat u halkolitskom periodu i odnosi sa južnim Levantom. Beograd: Srpsko arheološko društvo.
• Müller-Karpe, H. 1968 Handbuch der Vorgeschichte II. München: C. H. Beck`sche Verlagsbuchhandlung [Table 1-32].
• Needler, W., 1984, Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in The Brooklyn Museum. New York: The Brooklyn Museum.
• Anđelković, B., 2004, The Upper Egyptian Commonwealth: A Crucial Phase of the State Formation Process. Pp. 535-546 in Egypt at its Origins. Studies in Memory of Barbara Adams. Proceedings of
• Adams, B. 1988 Predynastic Egypt. Aylesbury: Shire Publications Ltd
• Wengrow, D., 2006, The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformation in North-East Africa, 10,000 to 2650 BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Hoffman, M.A., 1980, Egypt before the Pharaohs: The Prehistoric Foundations of Egyptian Civilization. London and Henley: Routledge and Kegan Paul.