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Appendix I: Typological Schemes Based on Ceramics
Kaiser’s Seriation
Taken from Bard 1994, 2001 (p.44).
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Kaiser Classification of the Predynastic
(1956, 1957)
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Ceramic Types
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Sequence Dates
(Kaiser’s modification of Petrie’s typology)
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NIa
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B-class >70% of all pottery in graves of this period
P-class 25%
C-class <5%
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SD 30 - 38
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NIb
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NIc
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NIIa
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C-class disappears
R-class first appears
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B-class drops from 60% to 10%
R-class > from 25% to 55%
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SD 38/40 – 45
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NIIb
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L-class first appears
D-class first appears
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NIIc
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W-class first appears
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SD 40/45 – 63
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NIId1
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B-class drops to 5%
R-class at 50%
B-class ends in IId2
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NIId2
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NIIIa1
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Great > in L-class to 70%
Decrease in R-class to < 20%
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SD 63 - 80
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NIIIa2
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NIIIb
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Predominantly L-class
W-class degenerates into cylindrical jars
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Petrie’s Sequence Dates
See http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/pottery/seqdates.html
Comparison of Chronological Schemes (Hendrickx, Kaiser and Wilkinson)
Exact copy of table from Wilkinson 1996, p.12
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