Flinders Petrie’s sequence dating chart

William Matthew Flinders Petrie’s passion for small artefacts and items of daily use, evidenced by collections dispersed around the world, makes him a controversial character today in the long legacy of Egyptology. However, Petrie’s intimate knowledge of ancient Egyptian material culture meant that he was able to pioneer new ways of stratigraphically mapping and understanding archaeological sites and finds, earning him the title ‘Father of Archaeology’. His training of students (often called ‘Petrie’s Pups’) means that his teaching techniques and attitudes have cast a long shadow over British Egyptology and the practice of archaeology in Egypt. In 1901, Petrie published this