(5) Castles and churches, usually of the Crusader period: early Saracenic buildings. Should be recorded by means of plans, photographs, measured drawings, and written descriptions.
(6) Mosaic pavements, usually belonging to Byzantine buildings; should be recorded by means of coloured drawings.
[CHAPTER VII]
EGYPT
[See the diagrams of flint implements, [Illustration II]; pottery, [Illustration XIII]; and the table of hieroglyphic signs liable to be confused with each other, [Illustration I]]
First Prehistoric Age , 8000?–7000? B.C. Cemeteries of round or oval pits on the desert; no towns known. Red faced pottery, often with lustrous black top, earliest with patterns of white slip lines: all hand–made. Block figures of ivory or paste. Combs with long teeth and animal tops.
Second Prehistoric Age , 7000?–5500 B.C. Graves, square pits. Red faced, and much coarse brown pottery. Buff with red painting of cordage, spirals, and ships. Pot forms copied from stone. Some pots globular with wavy ledge handles, changing to cylinders with wavy band. Slate palettes in all prehistoric periods.
Early Dynasties , 5500–4700 B.C. Towns and cemeteries. Great mastabas of brick. Wooden coffins begin. Great jars; hard, wheel–made pottery. Glazed tiles, &c. Stone bowls common. Cylinder sealings on clay.
Pyramid Period, IV–Vl Dynasties , 4700–4000 B.C. Sculptured stone tomb–chapels. Diorite bowls. Thick brown pot offering bowls. Limestone statues, painted. Cornelian amulets in strings.
Vl–XI Dynasties , 4200–3600 B.C. Copper mirrors begin. Buttons, wide face, un–Egyptian work. Pottery models of houses placed on grave edge.