1. New radiocarbon dates from Jebel Moya (Sudan): 2500 years of burial activity
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Gregory, Isabelle Vella, Brass, Michael, and Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, Iwona
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Cemeteries -- Discovery and exploration ,Burial -- Methods ,Anthropology/archeology/folklore - Abstract
New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal previously unknown, continuous burial activity from the third millennium BC to c. 2000 years ago. Radiometric dates, archaeobotanical analyses and new approaches to the pottery sequence reveal a long-lasting and vibrant community in what was previously dismissed as a marginal environment in south-central Sudan. Keywords: Sudan, Jebel Moya, Sahel, agropastoralism, mortuary, Introduction Jebel Moya is the largest known cemetery in the southern Gezira plain of south-central Sudan (Figure 1). Between 1911 and 1914, Henry Wellcome removed 3135 human burials in his [...]
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- 2022
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