Late Neolithic superimposed burials in the Qau-Matmar region:The final nail in the Tasian coffin?

Horn, Maarten (2017) Late Neolithic superimposed burials in the Qau-Matmar region:The final nail in the Tasian coffin? In: Interkulturalität: Kontakt – Konflikt – Konzeptionalisierung. Göttinger Orientforschungen IV . Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 73-91. ISBN 978-3447108591

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to re-evaluate the problematic Tasian-Badarian cultural division in the Qau-Matmar region of Middle Egypt, as originally defined by Guy Brunton. The rare phenomenon of burial superimposition is examined, and it is concluded that this was an intentional mode of burial in which both Tasian and Badarian groups participated. This will be used to reject the distinction between the groups and to argue for the integration of Tasian and Badarian remains into a single archaeological unit.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Heritage and History
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	13 May 2021 23:38
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2025 00:46
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80002
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