Current Research in Nubian Archaeology : : Oxford Edition / / ed. by Samantha Tipper, Siobhan Shinn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Capasso, Giusy,; D’Itria, Elena,; Ferrandino, Gilda,; Iannarilli, Francesca,; Mann, Liliane,; Pancin, Federica,; Van Den Bercken, Ben,; Vrtal, Vlastimil,; Ward, Chloë,
• HerausgeberIn: Shinn, Siobhan,; Tipper, Samantha,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Regenerating Practices in Archaeology and Heritage ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (141 p.)

Current research in Nubian Archaeology: Oxford Edition provides a compilation of papers detailing scientific and archaeological research on various aspects of life in ancient Nubia. This volume resulted from the 3rd Sudan Studies Research Conference, hosted at the at the Ioannou Centre for Byzantine and Classical Studies, University of Oxford in May 2019. The conference provided an opportunity for scholars from various institutions across the world to come together for networking and to discuss their research. The papers in this volume focus on recent fieldwork in Sudan, mortuary practices, pottery decoration, architecture as well as archival material.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- The decorative program of the palace of Amanishakhete at Wad Ben Naga -- The amulets of the Kerma culture in the national museum of Sudan: From the database to linked open data -- The contribution of bioanthropology in understanding the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Eastern Sudan -- Digging a royal city. Eight years of Ca' Foscari University of Venice research at Jebel Barkal -- Sieving for archaeology. The Sudan Archive’s Governor-General reports -- Shokan: Revival of a forgotten village