Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

"Ceramic technology and socio-political environment of Predynastic Egypt"

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This paper aims at presenting the results of the project TECHNOPREGYPT 2021/43/P/HS3/03262, whose purpose is to investigate the modes of pottery production in Predynastic Egypt (4th millennium BCE) to achieve a better understanding of the evolution of the production system during the process of state formation and, consequently, have a better knowledge of the dynamics that led to the birth of the Egyptian state. The chosen method is the technological approach which was applied on pottery from several Egyptian Predynastic sites investigated in the Aswan region by the Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project, and on the museum collections of the Egyptian Museum, Turin, and of the Museum of National Archaeology, Saint Germain-en-Laye. The analysed material ranges from Naqada IC to Naqada IIIB (c. 3700-3100 BCE) and comes from several domestic and funerary sites of Upper and Middle Egypt. During the presentation the various identified chaînes opératoires will be illustrated and their evolution and interaction will be followed over time. Alongside the traditional method adopted to study the ceramic fragments kept in Egyptian storehouses (naked eye and binocular microscope), it was possible to apply X- rays microtomography to a series of samples from the Museum of National Archaeology, Saint Germain-en-Laye. This non-destructive technique allowing to investigate the inner structure of ceramics to highlight the characteristics of the clay paste and the manufacturing techniques is now necessary in the case of complete pots and material from museum collections. The outcomes and potential of this non-destructive analysis will therefore also be shown.

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hal-04904364 , version 1 (21-01-2025)

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Jade Bajeot. "Ceramic technology and socio-political environment of Predynastic Egypt". 30th EAA annual meeting in Rome "Persisting with change", EAA, Aug 2024, Rome Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy. ⟨hal-04904364⟩
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