Gematon: Living and Dying in a Kushite Town on the Nile, Volume I
Excavations at Kawa, 1997-2018
Edited by Derek A. Welsby
Hardback (Published)
(December 2023)
ISBN: 9781803276762
8.07 x 11.42 inches
Price: $135.00
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The first of a set of three volumes publishing the excavations at the site of Kawa, Northern Dongola Reach, between 1997 and 2018 by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society. Volume I contains a detailed study of the excavations carried out in Areas A, B, C, and F, as well as the temenos gateway, Building Z1 and the Kushite cemetery
The first of a set of three volumes publishing the excavations at the site of Kawa, Northern Dongola Reach, between 1997 and 2018 by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society. Volume I contains a detailed study of the excavations carried out in Areas A, B, C, and F, as well as the temenos gateway, Building Z1 and the Kushite cemetery R18. Its comprehensive analysis of distinct building phases provides the reader with an in-depth understanding of the activities and subsequent changes at the site over its long history. This is heavily illustrated with photographs, maps, and line drawings, providing a thorough study of the research undertaken during this fieldwork.
1. Introduction – Derek A. Welsby
2. The Kushite town of Gematon – Derek A. Welsby
3. Excavations of the painted shrine and other buildings in Area A – Derek A. Welsby
4. Excavations in Area B – Derek A. Welsby
5. Excavations in Area C – Derek A. Welsby
6. Excavations in Area F – Building F1, adjacent streets and Building F11 – Derek A. Welsby
7. Excavations in Area F – grid squares (FQ3), (FQ4), (FR3), (FR4), (FS3) and (FT3) – Derek A. Welsby
8. Excavations in Area F – Grid squares (FZ1) and (FZ2) – Derek A. Welsby
9. Excavations in the temenos gateway, grid square (TG5) – Derek A. Welsby
10. Excavations of Building Z1 – Mahmoud Suliman Bashir and Derek A. Welsby
11. Excavations within the Kushite cemetery at Gematon (site R18) – Derek A. Welsby
12. The Kushite cemetery at Gematon (site R18) – Derek A. Welsby
13. Magnetic survey at Kawa – Tomasz Herbich
14. Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey at Kawa – Stephen Kay and Sophie Hay
15. Radiocarbon dating – Derek A. Welsby
16. Preservation, Conservation and Display – Derek A. Welsby
17. Concluding remarks – Derek A. Welsby
18. Bibliography for Volume I
Arabic summary
- Edited by Derek A. Welsby
Other Titles in this Series
Archaeology by the Fourth Nile Cataract: Survey and Excavations on the left bank of the river and on the islands between Amri and Kirbekan, Volume I
Landscape, toponyms and oral history and the people, their settlements, architecture and land use before the Merowe Dam
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