Bronze Age World

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relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological synthesis · Predynastic chronology and material culture
Supports regional variation and changing visual/material practices.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological synthesis · Predynastic chronology and material culture
Supports regional variation and changing visual/material practices.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
property Naqada I
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines and contextualizes · Predynastic chronology and material culture discussion
Supports the definition and its limits.
property Naqada II
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines and contextualizes · Naqada II visual and material-culture discussion
Supports the definition and its limits.
relationship Expansion of Naqada II interregional networks — occurred at or involved — Hierakonpolis / Nekhen
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
relationship Expansion of Naqada II interregional networks — occurred at or involved — Naqada
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
date assertion Naqada I regional differentiation and exchange — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Predynastic chronology and material culture
Supports regional variation and changing visual/material practices.
date assertion Expansion of Naqada II interregional networks — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
event Naqada I regional differentiation and exchange
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Predynastic chronology and material culture
Supports regional variation and changing visual/material practices.
event Expansion of Naqada II interregional networks
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
relationship Naqada I regional differentiation and exchange — occurred at or involved — Hierakonpolis / Nekhen
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Predynastic chronology and material culture
Supports regional variation and changing visual/material practices.
relationship Naqada I regional differentiation and exchange — occurred at or involved — Naqada
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Predynastic chronology and material culture
Supports regional variation and changing visual/material practices.
relationship Expansion of Naqada II interregional networks — occurred at or involved — Buto
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological synthesis · Naqada II discussion
Supports expanding networks and cautions against literal political readings.
property assignment Narmer Palette — classified as — Royal ideological source
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment · Relevant evidence and interpretation
Supports analytical assignment.
claim The Narmer Palette is royal ceremonial imagery, not a literal documentary snapshot of one conquest that unified Egypt.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Predynastic art and ceremonial objects
Supports the claim and its qualifications.
entity Narmer Palette
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports entity · Relevant discussion or corpus description
Supports the entity and its interpretive limits.
date assertion Narmer Palette — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports entity · Relevant discussion or corpus description
Supports the entity and its interpretive limits.
myth interpretation Narmer Palette as one literal unification battle
Unsupported explanationConfidence in this assessment: highConfidence in this assessment, not in the proposed story
supports · supports iconographic caution · Predynastic ceremonial art
Supports non-literal reading.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports iconographic caution · Predynastic ceremonial art
Supports non-literal reading.
relationship Research record — proposed memory of
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports iconographic caution · Predynastic ceremonial art
Supports non-literal reading.
relationship Research record — proposed memory of
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports iconographic caution · Predynastic ceremonial art
Supports non-literal reading.
entity Naqada
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports site history · Site or regional discussion
Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.
date assertion Naqada — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports site history · Site or regional discussion
Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.