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H 290 x W 205 mm

462 pages

80 figures, 32 tables, 544 plates (colour throughout)

Published Nov 2024

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Hardback: 9781803278858

Digital: 9781803278865

DOI 10.32028/9781803278858

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Keywords
Sudan; Gematon; Kawa; Northern Dongola Reach; Kushite Cemetery; Artefacts

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Gematon: Living and Dying in a Kushite Town on the Nile, Volume II

The Artefacts

Edited by Derek A. Welsby

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This volume documents the Sudan Archaeological Research Society’s 1997-2018 excavations at Kawa, Sudan, with topographical mapping and digs across urban sites and the Kushite cemetery. Recovered artefacts, from pottery shards to dressed stone blocks, highlight the site’s diverse material culture and ancient rituals.

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Contents

 1. Introduction – Derek A. Welsby

 

2. The Lithics – Piotr Osypiński

 

3. The Macro-Lithics – Derek A. Welsby

 

4. The Small Finds – Derek A. Welsby and John H. Taylor

 

5. The scarabs and a scaraboid – John H. Taylor

 

6. The mud sealings and seal impressions – Irene Vincentelli

 

7. Beads and pendants – Joanna Then-Obłuska and Derek A. Welsby

 

8. The Basketry and Matting from Building F1 – Willeke Wendrich


9. Kawa wall paintings – John H. Taylor

 

10. Coffin fragments from Kawa – John H. Taylor

 

11. Quarrying and stone-dressing techniques – Derek A. Welsby

 

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About the Author

Derek A. Welsby, while a curator in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum, was the project director, and one of the field directors, of the SARS Amri to Kirbekan Survey from 1999 to 2007. He has directed excavations and surveys in Sudan on a wide range of sites since 1982. Many of the other contributors, from a variety of disciplines, participated in the fieldwork for one or more seasons.