Format:
1 online resource (251 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781789698046
Series Statement:
Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication v.24
Content:
This volume publishes accounts of archaeological exploration carried out in the Sudanese Eastern Desert. A pioneering programme of expeditions along the so-called 'Korosko Road' revealed a rich archaeological landscape frequented over millennia, including gold-production areas and their associated settlements.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Title -- In Memoriam -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- Preface -- W. Vivian Davies and Derek A. Welsby -- PART I -- 1. Explorations in Sudan's Eastern Nubian Desert, 1989 to 2006 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni -- Introduction -- The purpose -- The research -- In the desert with camels -- Final considerations -- 2. Wadi Terfowi -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni -- A wooded wadi -- The Beja well -- The mining settlements -- The Kabeseit mine -- The circular platform mounds -- 3. The gold mines of Kerma and exploration of the south-eastern Nubian Desert -- Angelo amd Alfredo Castiglioni -- The journey -- The mines of Jebel en-Nigeim -- Exploration of the auriferous zone of Jebel Abu Dueim, February-March 2006 -- 4. The Tracks of Egyptian Penetration -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni -- The Korosko Road -- Search for the Gold Mines -- The Medieval Mines -- Fort Murrat -- The Cave of Heqanefer -- The Arab Route towards the East -- The Land of Amu -- The Mountains of Irtjet -- The "Southern Road" of the -- Pilgrims -- Berenice Panchrysos -- 5. Traces of the Past - First Expedition -- Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni -- The journey -- Addendum: other likely areas of worship -- dedicated to goats -- 6. Traces of the Past - Second Expedition -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni -- The prehistoric sites documented during -- the expedition -- 7. The Journey to Onib Crater (el-Hofra) -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni -- The route -- The Onib crater -- A Beja village -- 8. The Nubian and Pharaonic Ceramic Materials -- Andrea Manzo -- Introduction -- Prehistoric phase -- Late Prehistoric phase -- Protohistoric phase -- Late Antique phase -- Final remarks -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Table of concordance for the 'Unnamed' sites.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781789698039
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781789698039
Language:
English
