Excavations in the Locality 6 Cemetery at Hierakonpolis 1979-1985 by Barbara Adams
The death of Michael Allen Hoffman in 1990 not only robbed Egyptian archaeology of a foremost field director and fine scholar but also left the results of his excavations at Hierakonpolis for the most part unpublished, except for his interim report, The Predynastic of Hierakonpolis, 1982, and various popular articles.
This volume is the first comprehensive report on Hoffman’s excavations in the elite cemetery at Locality 6 in 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1985. Reconstructed from the field notes of Hoffman and his co-workers, it contains a description of the ten excavated tombs, which date to early Naqada II and Naqada III and include some of the faunal graves, which are a special feature of this cemetery, as well as a large catalogue raisonée of all the excavated objects. There is a report on the fragmentary human bone by Theya Molleson and the botanical remains are described by Ahmed Gamal el-Din Fahmy. The volume is fully illustrated with copious photographs and line drawings.
over 200 pp; 45 B&W and Color; 30 figures.
Egyptian Studies Association Publication Number 4
BAR International, December 2000
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Ancient Nekhen. Garstang in the City of Hierakonpolis
by Barbara Adams
Egyptians Studies Association Publication No. 3
1995 ISBN 1 872561-03-9
Ancient Nekhen finalises the report of John Garstang's work in 1905-6 at the pivotal early site of Hierakonpolis. A summary of excavations at the site from the earlier British work of 1897-9 to the field work of the current Hierakonpolis Expedition prefaces the work. This is followed by an historical essay on the rise of the city in the predynastic periods and its subsequent decline down to the Roman Period, presenting current interpretations and new explanations of the older work by previous excavators. Still available contact the Egyptian Studies Association
Protodynastic Egypt
by Barbara Adams and Krzysztof Cialowicz
Shire Egyptology 25.
1997. ISBN 0 7478 0357 9
Fascination with ancient Egypt has often been cyclic in nature like the seasons of the Nile. Whilst the great temples and tombs of the pharaohs are a perpetual lure, interest in the beginning of the country's civilisation has been revitalised by excavations since the 1970s, not only in the Predynastic desert cemeteries of traditional exploration in Upper Egypt, but also in their associated settlements and in hitherto unexplored part of the alluvial Nile Delta. Work on the ancient borders with Egypt is also producing evidence of trade and colonisation and lending an international flavour to research in the late fourth and early third millennium. This book is a synthesis of interpretations of the ceremonial treasures relating to the Protodynastic/Early Dynastic transition and the information derived from new and old filed work set in a chronological framework. The authors blend their complementary interests into a reappraisal of this exciting, remote and unresolved period of Egypt's unification and the activities of the early kings of the First Dynasty.
Written by two of the leading experts in the field of early Ancient Egyptian history and prehistory, including our own Barbara Adams, this book surveys the current theories surrounding the state formation process. It details the major sites that have been excavated and are under investigation, as well as the theorised contact with the inhabitants of the Western Desert and the Near East. It is a typical well written excellent little Shire book, with much compact information and many illustrations. All in all, it is an excellent source of information about Protodynastic Egypt for scholars and interested laypeople (Francesca Jourdan)
Egypt Uncovered (US) Egypt (UK)
by Vivian Davies and Renee Friedman
1998 Stewart, Tabori & Chang/ British Museum Press
ISBN 1-55670-818-1
Now available in paper back in UK!
Published to coincide with a five-part series on the Discovery Channel, this beautifully illustrated book offers a fine overview of ancient Egyptian history and of current and recent archaeological discoveries that have affected our view of the ancient past. The authors examine five principal issues, each of them touched with controversy: the origins of Egyptian civilization, the impetus to build the pyramids, the use of gold in Egyptian empire-building, the role of religion in everyday Egyptian life, and the nature of ritual mummification. In each of these areas the authors draw on the most current literature. Written for general readers, this makes a fine addition any Egyptology buff's library. --Gregory McNamee
Synopsis
This important book is the story of Ancient Egypt rewritten in light of the latest findings and research. Peppered throughout with fresh perceptions, lucid explanations and original research, "Egypt Uncovered" provides the general reading public with an insider's take on thought-provoking new ideas and concepts concerning this great civilization. 200 color illustrations .
The Prehistory of Egypt : From the First Egyptians to the First Pharaohs
by Beatrix Midant-Reynes. Translated by Ian Shaw
Paperback - 320 pages (December 1999) Blackwell Pub;
ISBN: 0631217878
This book covers the history of the Nile Valley from Nubia to the Mediterranean during the period from the earliest hominid settlement, around 700,000 BC to the beginnings of dynastic Egypt at the end of the fourth millennium BC. The book focuses primarily on the fifteen millennia from 18,000 to 3,000 BC, when different cultures can be identified, and the earliest forms of agriculture traced with some detail. Textile and ceramic production began at the end of the seventh millennia and were deployed with great skill and considerable sophistication by the beginning of the Predynastic Period at around 4,500 BC. By the time of the First Dynasty much that is considered characteristic of Ancient Egypt was already established tradition. This account of prehistoric Egypt is welcomed as an outstanding narrative, combining both scholarship and accessibility. Updated and translated from the French, it is highly recommended as the successor to Mike Hoffman's Egypt before the Pharaohs (now out of print).