the nile delta as a center of interaction between upper egypt and the southern levant in the 4th...

AGNIESZKA MĄCZYŃSKA, PH. D. POZNAŃ ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM POLISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO THE EASTERN NILE DELTA

uninhabitable swampland in the Predynastic period;

10 m of alluvium deposited there during last 6 000 years;

(Guyot 2008: fig. 1)

Contacts/exchange/interrelations between Naqadans-Lower Egyptians-Southern Levantins

Tell el-Farkha was probably situated on a trade route and its position in the centre of the eastern Nile Delta facilitated the transfer of goods farther to the west and south. It could be a centre responsible for long-distance connection and exchange with the Upper Egypt and the Southern Levant. It could be a place of meetings people of diffrent origins involved in trade/exchange (Naqadans, the Southern Levantines , Lower egyptians), who exchanged not only goods, but also ideas.

Contacts/exchange/interrelations between Naqadans-Lower Egyptians-Southern Levantines

The local societies took part in the exchange (goods and ideas) in a active way. The local societies probably organised the exchange. Nagadans, Lower Egyptians and Southern Levantines as partners The local societies benefited from these contacts (mudbrick architecture; beer production; copper and gold).