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Handbook of Ancient Nubia

Edited by: Dietrich Raue

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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Numerous research projects have studied the Nubian cultures of Sudan and Egypt over the last thirty years, leading to significant new insights. The contributions to this handbook illuminate our current understanding of the cultural history of this fascinating region, including its interconnections to the natural world.

Kompakte Darstellung des jüngsten Forschungsstandes zu den Kulturen des Mittleren Niltals.
Objektkundliche Beiträge zum archäologischen Fundgut.
Separate Beiträge zu den jüngsten Survey-Projekten des Sudan.

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Dietrich Raue, Ägyptisches Museum - Georg Steindorff - der Universität Leipzig.

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Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Egyptology

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Volume 1
I. General
Introduction Dietrich Raue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Geologically Induced Raw Materials Stimulating the Development of Nubian Culture Dietrich Klemm, Rosemarie Klemm and Andreas Murr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
Topography and Regional Geography of Nubia: River, Cataract and Desert Landscapes Johannes Auenmüller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
A Short Story of Human-animal Relationships in Northern Sudan Louis Chaix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
The Archaeobotany of Nubia A. J. Clapham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
The Role of Physical Anthropology in Nubian Archaeology Michaela Binder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
Languages of Ancient Nubia Claude Rilly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
II. From Palaelithicum to 2^nd Millennium BC
The Palaeolithic / Stone Age Donatella Usai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
The Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sudan Sandro Salvatori and Donatella Usai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Eastern Saharan Prehistory during the 9^th to 5^th Millennium BC: The View from the ‘Libyan Desert’ Heiko Riemer and Karin Kindermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
The Holocene Prehistory of Upper Nubia until the Rise of the Kerma Kingdom Matthieu Honegger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	217
Holocene Lithic Industries in Nubia Bastien Jakob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	239
The Later Prehistory of Nubia in its Interregional Setting Maria Carmela Gatto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
Cultural Diversity of Nubia in the Later 3^rd–Mid 2^ndMillennium BC Dietrich Raue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Eastern Sudan in the 3^rd and 2^nd Millennia BC Andrea Manzo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
Middle Kingdom Fortresses Christian Knoblauch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	367
Pharaonic Rock Inscriptions in Nubia – The 3^rd and 2^nd Millennia BC Johannes Auenmüller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	393
The Religious Architecture of Kerma and Dokki Gel from the 3^rd to the 1^st Millennium BC Charles Bonnet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	413
Settlements of the Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom Neal Spencer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	433
Pottery of the Middle and the New Kingdom from Lower and Upper Nubia Julia Budka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
Nubian Leatherwork André J. Veldmeijer and Lucy-Anne Skinner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	491
Egyptian Temples in Nubia during the Middle and the New Kingdom Martina Ullmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	511
New Kingdom Tombs in Lower and Upper Nubia Kate Spence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	541
Nubians in Egypt in the 3^rd and 2^nd Millennium BC Dietrich Raue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	567
Volume 2
III. 1^stMillennium BC–2^nd Millennium AD
Settlements of the Early Kushite Period Derek Anthony Welsby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	591
Napatan Necropoleis and Burial Customs Angelika Lohwasser and Timothy Kendall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	621
The Sacred Architecture of the Napatan Period Alexandra Riedel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	643
The Cache of Dukki Gel (Pa-nebes) Dominique Valbelle and Charles Bonnet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	667
Early Kushite Ceramics of the Earlier 1^st Millennium BC in Lower and Upper Nubia Pamela J. Rose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	675
Nubians in the 1^st Millennium BC in Egypt Julia Budka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	697
Settlement in the Meroitic Kingdom Pawel Wolf, Ulrike Nowotnick and David N. Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	713
Tomb Architecture and Burial Custom of the Elite during the Meroitic Phase in the Kingdom of Kush Jana Helmbold-Doyé Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	783
Meroitic Temples and their Decoration Josefine Kuckertz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	811
Art of the Meroitic Kingdom Steffen Wenig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	847
Ceramic Industries of Meroitic Sudan Romain David Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	875
Defending the Indefensible. Nubian Fortifications in the Middle Ages Bogdan T. Żurawski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	897
The Sacral Architecture in the Kingdom of Makuria Włodzimierz Godlewski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	921
Post-Meroitic Nubia David N. Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	943
Islamic Archaeology in Nubia David N. Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	965
IV. Surveys and Fringes
Archaeological Surveys at the Third, Fourth and Fifth Cataract Regions Mariusz Drzewiecki and Aneta Cedro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	987
Living and Travelling in the Bayuda: The Wadi Abu Dom Tim Karberg and Angelika Lohwasser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1019
Recent Research Work at the Western and Southern Fringes of Nubia Adrian Chlebowski and Mariusz Drzewiecki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1029
Rock Art Tim Karberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1051
Fending off the Desert Dwellers – The Gala Abu Ahmed Fortress and other fortified Places in the South Libyan Desert Friederike Jesse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1069
Indices Josephine Hensel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1093

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eBook published on:

June 4, 2019

eBook ISBN:

9783110420388

Hardcover published on:

June 4, 2019

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110416695

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

22

Main content:

1111

Illustrations:

200

Coloured Illustrations:

50

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110420388

eBook ISBN: 9783110420388

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110416695

Keywords for this book

Archaeology/Sudan; Nubia

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All those interested in Egyptology, Archaeology, the Archaeology of Nubia and the Sudan, Ethnology, regional studies.

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