Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Egyptian (ancient)
8. Egyptian periods
9. Egyptian Paleolithic

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the Paleolithic period in Egypt from about 12,000 to 10,000 BCE. The period is characterized by flint tools of the Levallois type which were transformed into a microlithic flint industry later in the period.