Gerzeanadj.
/ɡəˈziːən/ Archaeology.
Of, pertaining to, or designating the middle period of the ancient pre-Dynastic culture in Egypt.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific pre-dynastic culture
Badarian1924
Amratian1925
Gerzean1925
Semainean1925
the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > in other cultures
Hegiran1708
hegiric1828
Saka1886
Heian1893
protodynastic1900
Vikrama1910
Gerzean1925
Semainean1925
Six Dynasties1934
Tao Kuang1960
1925 Catal. Antiquities at Badari (Brit. Sch. Archaeol. in Egypt) 3 Approximate Dates. 13,000 b.c...Badarian Age, 10,000 b.c...Amratian Age, 9,000 b.c...Gerzean Age.
1928 G. Brunton & G. Caton-Thompson Badarian Civilisation i. i. 1 By ‘Predynastic’ is meant the age..which has been subdivided into the three divisions of Early (or Amratian), Middle (or Gerzean), and Late (or Semainian).
1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine iv. 70 There was a large village and cemetery of Middle Gerzean date, roughly from about the third quarter of the fourth millennium.
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