Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan) /Michael Jonathan Brass.
Brass, Michael Jonathan.
Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan) /Michael Jonathan Brass. - Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps - Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology ; 92 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The evolution of complexity theory and mortuary studies; Chapter 3: Ceramic assemblages and a revised chronology for Jebel Moya; Chapter 4: Implications of occupational traces and spatial use of the site over time; Chapter 5: The bioanthropology of Jebel Moya; Chapter 6: Social patterning in the Jebel Moya mortuary complex; Chapter 7: Situating Jebel Moya's cemetery within a wider Sudanese context; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix I: Burial distribution map of Jebel Moya; Appendix II: New Register of Graves for Jebel Moya; Appendix III: British Museum sherd trays; Appendix IV: Burials with illustrated pottery sherds; Appendix V: Foreign objects from Jebel Moya at the Griffiths Institute.
Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan) is the largest known pastoral cemetery in sub-Saharan Africa with more than 3100 excavated human burials. This research revises our understanding of Jebel Moya and its context.
9781784914318 9781784914325
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018649240 Uk
Excavations (Archaeology)--Sudan--Jabal Mayyah Site.
Cemeteries--History.--Sudan
Electronic Books.
DT159 / .R456 2016
Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan) /Michael Jonathan Brass. - Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps - Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology ; 92 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The evolution of complexity theory and mortuary studies; Chapter 3: Ceramic assemblages and a revised chronology for Jebel Moya; Chapter 4: Implications of occupational traces and spatial use of the site over time; Chapter 5: The bioanthropology of Jebel Moya; Chapter 6: Social patterning in the Jebel Moya mortuary complex; Chapter 7: Situating Jebel Moya's cemetery within a wider Sudanese context; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix I: Burial distribution map of Jebel Moya; Appendix II: New Register of Graves for Jebel Moya; Appendix III: British Museum sherd trays; Appendix IV: Burials with illustrated pottery sherds; Appendix V: Foreign objects from Jebel Moya at the Griffiths Institute.
Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan) is the largest known pastoral cemetery in sub-Saharan Africa with more than 3100 excavated human burials. This research revises our understanding of Jebel Moya and its context.
9781784914318 9781784914325
GBB7O8613 bnb GBC0F8426 bnb
018649240 Uk
Excavations (Archaeology)--Sudan--Jabal Mayyah Site.
Cemeteries--History.--Sudan
Electronic Books.
DT159 / .R456 2016