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Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan) /Michael Jonathan Brass.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781784914318
  • 9781784914325
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DT159 .R456 2016
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Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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