A Kerma Ancien cemetery in the Northern Dongola reach : excavations at site H29 /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Welsby, Derek A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2018.
Series:Publication (Sudan Archaeological Research Society) ; 22.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Sudan > Karmah.
Cemeteries > Nubia.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Nubia.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Soudan > Kerma.
Cimetières > Nubie.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Nubie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities
Cemeteries
Excavations (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Karmah (Sudan) > Antiquities.
Africa > Nubia
Sudan > Karmah
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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