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. Predynastic
10. Upper Egyptian Predynastic

Narrower term/s

• Early Gerzean
• Late Gerzean

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the Predynastic period in Upper Egypt from about 3500 to 2925 BCE. Works of art include slate palettes, carved maceheads, copper artifacts, ivory and stone figurines, and buff-colored pottery decorated with geometric motifs and stylized representations of plants, animals, and people, in red paint.