Cover -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- _GoBack -- _GoBack -- _GoBack -- _GoBack -- _GoBack -- _GoBack -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 BACKGROUND AND THE DATA -- 1.2 MAIN RESEARCH QUESTION -- 1.3 THE ISSUE OF STATUS -- 1.4 METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH -- CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY OF PREDYNATIC FIGURINES -- 2.1 EARLY EXCAVATION REPORTS -- 2.2 PETER UCKO AND THE BEGINNING OF FIGURINE STUDIES -- 2.3 ANTHROPOMOPHIC OBJECTS IN THE PREDYNASTIC -- 2.4 THE STUDY OF PREDYNASTIC ICONOGRAPHY -- 2.5 PREDYNASTIC MORTUARY STUDIES -- 2.6 THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER 3: METHODS OF ANALYSIS -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.1.1 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- 3.1.2 DECORATION AND DESIGN -- 3.1.3 VALUE -- 3.1.4 IDENTITY -- 3.2 MATERIAL ENGAGEMENT AND PERSONHOOD -- 3.3 OBJECTS AND MORTUARY ARCHAEOLOGY THEORY -- 3.4 SEX, IDENTITY AND MATERIAL CULTURE -- 3.5 THE CATALOGUE -- 3.5.1 TYPE OF OBJECT -- 3.5.2 DATE -- 3.5.3 LOCATION -- 3.5.4 GRAVE NUMBER -- 3.5.5 MATERIAL -- 3.5.5 MATERIAL -- 3.5.6 SEX OF OBJECT -- 3.5.7 CONDITION OF OBJECT -- 3.5.8 POSITION OF OBJECT IN THE GRAVE -- 3.5.9 SEX OF ASSOCIATED BODY OR BODIES -- 3.5.10 GRAVE CONDITION -- 3.5.11 ASSOCIATED OBJECTS AND MATERIALS -- 3.6 DETERMINING THE SEX OF TUSKS, TAGS AND COMBS -- 3.7 DATA ANALYSIS -- 3.8 PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES -- CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS AND RESULTS -- 4.1 SUMMARY OF THE DATA -- 4.2 DETERMINING SEX |