Flat-section Hairpins during the Egyptian Predynastic Period? A Proposal of Identification and Typology

Abstract

espanolEste articulo propone la identificacion como agujas de pelo de seccion plana de una serie de objetos hallados en tumbas predinasticas para los que se habian formulado interpretaciones diversas. El fundamento de esta caracterizacion es la morfologia de las piezas, su decoracion y los contextos arqueologicos en los que fueron halladas. Asi mismo se propone una clasificacion tipologica y se comparan con agujas de pelo de seccion circular de cronologia semejante EnglishThis article proposes the identification of a series of items found in Predynastic tombs for which different interpretations had been previously formulated as flat-section hairpins. This characterisation is based on the morphology of the objects, their decoration and the archaeological contexts where they were found. Additionally, a typology for flat-section hairpins is proposed, as well as a comparison between this type of hairpins and the ones of circular section of similar chronology.