Reading on Badari and the Badarian culture:
- Anderson 1992 (research on
the size and contents of the Badarian tombs; the author shows that some tombs
might belong to some kind of local leaders)
- Baumgartel 1955: 22-24
(general introduction to Badarian, arguments against Tasian
on 20-21)
- Brunton/Caton-Thompson
1928: 1-42 (the publication of the excavations, report of the first discovery
of the Badarian culture)
- Hendrickx 1999: 19 and 33-81
(on the date of earliest Egyptian periods, with a list of all hitherto relevant
C-14 dates)
- Hendrickx/Vermeersch
2000: 39-43 (most recent general introduction)
- Holmes 1999 (general introduction
to the site of Badari, including results of latest research)
- Krzyzaniak 1977: 68-84
(more detailed good introduction to Badarian culture, although now slightly
out of date)
- Midant-Reynes 1992:
147-160 (introduction, in French)
- Spencer 1993: 22-27 (general
introduction)
- Trigger 1983: 27-30 (general
introduction)
Further literature on the Badari/Qau region after the Badarian
Period:
- Seidlmayer 1990: 123-210 (Qau,
Badari, Mostagedda, Matmar in the First Intermediate Period. A detailed study
on the pottery and seals, including observations on burial customs; on 133-139
and a list of the tombs, dated by the author)
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