A Kerma Ancien Cemetery in the Northern Dongola Reach

Excavations at site H29

By (author) Derek A. Welsby

Book cover: A Kerma Ancien Cemetery in the Northern Dongola Reach

Extent: 242 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2018)

ISBN: 9781784919313

8.07 x 11.42 inches

Price: $116.00

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Presents the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey (1993-1997). It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural


This volume is the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey conducted between 1993 and 1997. It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment, to be compared with the extensive information available from investigations of the cemetery associated with the metropolis of Kerma 100km to the north. It includes a range of specialist reports on all categories of artefacts recovered as well as on the physical anthropology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology.

1. Introduction ;

2. The Excavations ;

3. The Ceramic Finds at H29 ;

4. The Small Finds ;

5. Animal Deposits ;

6. The Physical Anthropology ;

7. Plants as Grave Goods: Microbotanical Remains (Phytoliths) from the ‘White Deposits’ in the Graves ;

8. Charcoal and Wood ;

9. Discussion ;

Bibliography ;

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  • By (author) Derek A. Welsby