A Consideration of Differences between the Pottery Showing Palestinian Characteristics in the Maadian and Gerzean Cultures

Abstract

Recent publication of pottery finds from many years of excavations at Maadi and the latest relevant discoveries in Lower Egypt have made possible a more comprehensive typological comparison between pottery showing Palestinian features found in Maadian and Gerzean cultural contexts. This comparison shows that such pottery is different in character in the two cultures, and that the reason for this is primarily chronological. Examples found at Maadian sites correspond closely to the Early Proto-Urban period in Palestine, those at Gerzean sites to the Late Proto-Urban period.