Nubian Past An Archaeology of the Sudan

Name: Nubian Past An Archaeology of the Sudan
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ISBN: 9780415369886

ISBN-10: 0415369886

ISBN-13: 9780415369886

Edition: 2004

Authors: David N. Edwards

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This volume presents a new synthesis of the archaeology of Nubia and Sudan, a region which for millennia has been where the Eurasian and sub-Saharan worlds met, and which has produced the earliest states and some of the most spectacular archaeology in sub-Saharan Africa. The first major synthesis for over 30 years, the book provides a thoroughly up-to-date review, drawing on the results of the latest research, as well as developing new interpretative frameworks. The book breaks new ground in a number of ways, especially in moving beyond often Egyptocentric and traditional existing culture-histories of 'Nubia', isolated from other areas of Africanist research. One particular concern has…

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List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.25" long x 8.31" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of figures


Preface


Acknowledgements



Introduction: Nubia, Sudan and Sudanic Africa



Hunters, Fishers and Gatherers (c.10,000-5,000 BC)



The Neolithic: Developing complexity and expanding worlds (c.5000-3000 BC)



Kerma and Bronze Age Kush



The Kushite Revival: the XXVth dynasty and the kingdom of Napata



Meroitic Kush (c.300 BC-AD 350)



Post-Meroitic Transitions (c. AD 350-550)



Medieval Nubia (c. AD 500-1500)



Post-Medieval Sudan and Islam (c. AD 1500-1900)



Conclusions: Towards an archaeology of the Sudan


Bibliography


Index