Landscape and resource management in Bronze Age Nubia

Archaeological perspectives on the exploitation of natural resources and the circulation of commodities in the Middle Nile

edited by Julia Budka and Rennan Lemos

Book cover: Landscape and resource management in Bronze Age Nubia

Extent: 244 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant

Series volume number: 17

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(April 2024)

ISBN: 9783447121378

Price: $112.00

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The collected papers cover the extraction and processing of gold from the Nubian deserts and its transformation into objects. This volume includes fresh results from current fieldwork and contributes to filling a gap in our knowledge concerning how resources were extracted, managed and utilised in complex ways, beyond Egyptocentric perspectives focusing on the colonial exploration of Nubia.


This edited volume brings together studies on the management of resources in Bronze Age Nubia by scholars working in various parts of Sudan. The collected papers cover a wide range of topics, including, among others, the extraction and processing of gold from the Nubian deserts and its transformation into objects. This volume includes fresh results from current fieldwork and contributes to filling a gap in our knowledge concerning how resources were extracted, managed and utilised in complex ways, beyond Egyptocentric perspectives focusing on the colonial exploration of Nubia.

  • Edited by Julia Budka
  • Edited by Rennan Lemos