 Extent of Naqada I culture | |
| Geographical range | Egypt |
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| Period | Neolithic |
| Dates | c. 4000–3000 BC |
| Type site | Naqada |
| Preceded by | Badarian culture |
| Followed by | Protodynastic Period |
| Chalcolithic Eneolithic, Aeneolithic, or Copper Age |
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↑ Stone Age ↑ Neolithic |
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↓ Bronze Age ↓ Iron Age |
25°57′00″N 32°44′00″E / 25.95000°N 32.73333°E The Naqada culture is an archaeological culture of Chalcolithic Predynastic Egypt (c. 4000–3000 BC), named for the town of Naqada, Qena Governorate. A 2013 Oxford University radiocarbon dating study of the Predynastic period suggests a beginning date sometime between 3,800 and 3,700 BC.[1]
The final phase of the Naqada culture is Naqada III, which is coterminous with the Protodynastic Period (Early Bronze Age c. 3200–3000 BC) in ancient Egypt.