H 290 x W 205 mm
462 pages
80 figures, 32 tables, 544 plates (colour throughout)
Published Nov 2024
ISBN
Hardback: 9781803278858
Digital: 9781803278865
Keywords
Sudan; Gematon; Kawa; Northern Dongola Reach; Kushite Cemetery; Artefacts
Related titles
Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication 28
Edited by Derek A. Welsby
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.
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
Bibliography for Volume II