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

Excavations at Kawa, 1997-2018

Edited by Derek A. Welsby

Book cover: Gematon: Living and Dying in a Kushite Town on the Nile, Volume I

Extent: 470 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: African Studies, Ancient Egypt

Series: Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication

Language: English

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

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  • Edited by Derek A. Welsby