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
11. Gerzean

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the second half of the Gerzean period in Upper Egypt. The period is characterized by the appearance of artistic traits of the following First Dynasty which can be seen in decorated stone palettes and maceheads, wall paintings, and some of the earliest large scale sculptures.