The Archaeological Survey of Nubia was one of the earliest and most extensive studies of the population of ancient Nubia. Beginning in 1907 in southern Egypt, the excavations ran for four seasons and involved the excavation of 151 cemeteries. Publication of the first season’s work included an in-depth anatomical study of the cemetery populations found; this was not however replicated in future years. Until recently, it was assumed that any records for these later years produced by the anatomists in charge, Sir Grafton Elliot Smith and Dr Douglas Derry, were lost.
This volume reconstructs the anatomical studies carried out for one of those missing seasons – season two (1908-09) – using newly discovered records, alongside archival records and the scant surviving human remains themselves. An introduction to the Archaeological Survey of Nubia season two excavations is given, alongside discussion of the source materials identified and the limitations these bring for researchers today. Following this, there is a full burial catalogue of the thirty-eight cemeteries where human remains were excavated. Data on the physical and pathological traits observed in each cemetery population are presented, and the detailed anatomical measurements taken by Smith and Derry are recorded as Appendices.
H 276 x W 203 mm
370 pages
14 figures
Published Nov 2023
Archaeopress Access Archaeology
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803276366
Digital: 9781803276373
Contents
Introduction
Season Two of the ASN (1908-1909)
The Excavation and Recording of Human Remains
The Original Season Two Reporting
Sources of Evidence
The Reconstructed ‘Season Two: Report on the Human Remains’
A Source for Researchers Today?
Burial catalogue
Cemetery 58, West bank, Ginari
Cemetery 58/100, West bank Ginari
Cemetery 59, West bank, Kalabsha
Cemetery 62, East bank, Khor Basil
Cemetery 65, East bank, Wadi Abiad
Cemetery 66, West bank, Abu Regab
Cemetery 67, West bank, Dugheish
Cemetery 68, East bank, Moalla
Cemetery 69/1, East bank, Moalla
Cemetery 69/100, Moalla, East bank
Cemetery 69/200, Moalla, East bank
Cemetery 70, West bank, situated between Faragalla and Musa Kolei
Cemetery 70/100, West bank, situated between Faragalla and Musa Kolei
Cemetery 71, East bank, Sharaf el Din Togog
Cemetery 71/100, East bank, Sharaf el Din Togog
Cemetery 72, West bank, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 73, West bank, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 74, West bank, Gedekol, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 75, East bank, Shalub Batha
Cemetery 76, West bank, Gedekol, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 77/1, West bank, Gedekol South, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 77/100, West bank, Gedekol South, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 78, West bank, Mediq, Gerf Husein 164
Cemetery 79, West bank, Mediq, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 80, West bank, Mediq, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 81, Mediq South, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 82, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 83, Gerf Husein
Cemetery 85, Koshtamna
Cemetery 86, Hamadab, Koshtamna
Cemetery 86/500, Koshtamna
Cemetery 87, Koshtamna
Cemetery 88, Koshtamna
Cemetery 89/1, Awam, Koshtamna
Cemetery 89/500, Koshtamna
Cemetery 90/500, Kuri
Cemetery 91, Kuri
Cemetery 92, Aman Daud
Cemeteries with no surviving human remains
References
Index: Pathology, trauma, non-metric traits and minor anatomical variations
Appendices
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