AGNIESZKA MĄCZYŃSKA, PH. D. POZNAŃ ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM POLISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO THE EASTERN NILE DELTA

uninhabitable swampland in the Predynastic period;

10 m of alluvium deposited there during last 6 000 years;

(Guyot 2008: fig. 1)

Contacts/exchange/interrelations between Naqadans-Lower Egyptians-Southern Levantins

Tell el-Farkha was probably situated on a trade route and its position in the centre of the eastern Nile Delta facilitated the transfer of goods farther to the west and south. It could be a centre responsible for long-distance connection and exchange with the Upper Egypt and the Southern Levant. It could be a place of meetings people of diffrent origins involved in trade/exchange (Naqadans, the Southern Levantines , Lower egyptians), who exchanged not only goods, but also ideas.

Contacts/exchange/interrelations between Naqadans-Lower Egyptians-Southern Levantines

The local societies took part in the exchange (goods and ideas) in a active way. The local societies probably organised the exchange. Nagadans, Lower Egyptians and Southern Levantines as partners The local societies benefited from these contacts (mudbrick architecture; beer production; copper and gold).