A Kerma Ancien Cemetery in the Northern Dongola Reach

Excavations at site H29

Derek A. Welsby (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

242 Seiten

2018
Archaeopress Archaeology (Verlag)
978-1-78491-931-3 (ISBN)

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Presents the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey (1993-1997). It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment.

This volume is the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey conducted between 1993 and 1997. It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment, to be compared with the extensive information available from investigations of the cemetery associated with the metropolis of Kerma 100km to the north. It includes a range of specialist reports on all categories of artefacts recovered as well as on the physical anthropology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology.

Derek A. Welsby has directed excavations and surveys in Sudan since 1982. These have included all-period surveys in the Northern Dongola Reach and at the Fourth Cataract as a component of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. Major excavations have been undertaken within the capital of the medieval kingdom of Alwa at Soba East and in the Kushite town and cemetery at Kawa. Surveys have also been undertaken along Sudan’s first railway between Wadi Halfa and Kerma dating to the late 19th century.

1. Introduction ;

2. The Excavations ;

3. The Ceramic Finds at H29 ;

4. The Small Finds ;

5. Animal Deposits ;

6. The Physical Anthropology ;

7. Plants as Grave Goods: Microbotanical Remains (Phytoliths) from the ‘White Deposits’ in the Graves ;

8. Charcoal and Wood ;

9. Discussion ;

Bibliography ;

Arabic Summary

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication
Zusatzinfo	Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (103 colour plates)
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Gewicht	1070 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-78491-931-4 / 1784919314
ISBN-13	978-1-78491-931-3 / 9781784919313
Zustand	Neuware