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Animal remains from the Early Makurian cemetery in el-Zuma(season 2013) [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2016
Excavation in 2013 of two tumuli, T.15 and T.21, making up part of the Early Makuriancemetery at El-Zuma, yielded numerous animal bones among other finds.
Urszula Iwaszczuk
doaj   +1 more source

The Christian Nubia and the Arabs

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2015
Nubia constituted the area in the Nile Valley in the present day Sudan, the area which spread from the first cataract up to the place where the White Nile meets the Blue Nile. The area was inhabited by the population using a common language – Old Nubian.
Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka
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First dye identification analyses conducted on textiles from Old Dongola (Sudan, 17th–18th centuries CE)

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 406-424, April 2024.
Abstract The Middle Nile Valley offers exceptional environmental conditions that allow the preservation of organic materials, including textiles. This paper presents the results of the analysis of 17 samples collected from wool, cotton, and silk textiles excavated in the ancient capital of Old Dongola from layers dated to the 17th and 18th centuries CE.
Magdalena M. Wozniak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LA‐ICP‐MS analysis of glass beads from Tié (12th–14th centuries), Kanem, Chad: Evidence of trans‐Sudanic exchanges

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 1, Page 100-118, February 2024.
Abstract Chemical analysis of glass from African archaeological sites has become a standard research tool over the past decades. Despite the multiplication of studies, the continent still exhibits vast unexplored regions. One of these is the surroundings of Lake Chad.
Sonja Magnavita   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life and death in a medieval Nubian farming community : the experience at Mis Island

open access: yes, 2012
"This dissertation focuses on a small farming community on the fringes of the medieval Nubian Christian Kingdom of Makuria, dating from the mid-fifth to the early fifteenth centuries AD.
Soler, Angela
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Royal ornaments of a late antique African kingdom, Early Makuria, Nubia (AD 450–550). Early Makuria Research Project

open access: yes, 2018
After the fall of the Meroe kingdom, three entities – Nobadia, Early Makuria, and Alwa (Alodia) – emerged in northeast Africa between the 4th and the 6th centuries AD.
Then-Obłuska, Joanna
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Early Makuria Research Project. The vessel assemblage from Tanqasi

open access: yes, 2019
The first archaeological season of the Early Makuria Research Project at Tanqasi, which encompassed the exploration of five tombs in different parts of the extensive tumulus field (16, 23, 46, 52, and 179), yielded an assemblage of pottery vessels, as ...
Czyżewska-Zalewska, Ewa
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Trade and faith in Nubian Early Makuria (AD 450–550): macroscopic examination of personal adornments from el-Zuma in Nubia

open access: yes, 2016
In the long history of the land between the Third and Fourth Cataracts on the Nile, the period corresponding to the times of Early Makuria is particularly well represented.
Then-Obłuska, Joanna
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Early Makuria Research Project: Interim report on the excavation at el-Detti in 2014 and 2015 with Appendix: Metal objects from the el-Detti cemetery

open access: yes, 2016
Burial structures and the assemblages found inside them at the site of el-Detti, about 13 km downstream from Karima and 7 km upstream from el-Zuma, were explored in 2014 and 2015 by a joint team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology ...
Kowarska, Zofia   +3 more
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Fortified sites in settlement context from Upper Nubia during the kingdom of Makuria

open access: yes, 2013
Wydział Historyczny: Instytut PrahistoriiRozprawa podejmuje temat znaczenia założeń ufortyfikowanych w czasach od końca Imperium Meroickiego (okres późnomeroicki/postmeroicki II-VI w.
Drzewiecki, Mariusz
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