Fourth Cataract. Survey and Excavations in Shemkhiya, Dar El-Arab and Saffi Island

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ID:48602
Verfasser: Żurawski, Bogdan
Herausgeber: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology
Dokumententyp:Artikel in Zeitschrift
Erscheinungsjahr:2007
Veröffentlicht: Warsaw University Press, Warsaw (2007)
Schriftenreihe:Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Reports (PAM), 17 (2005)
ISBN:9788323503330
Schlagwörter: VIERTER KATARAKT -> Ortsnamen für Orte der Antike
SURVEY -> Diverses
AUSGRABUNGSBERICHT -> Diverses
Seiten:323-335
Verfügbarkeit:Lokaler Bestand vorhanden
Signatur:Z-PAM
Onlinezugriff:Zur Webseite
Letzte Aktualisierung:04.08.2016
Eintrag-Nr(alt):49379
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The following is a brief note aimed at providing readers with a full picture of the current work carried out in the Polish concession as part of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. The second season of the expedition with its various subunits was organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw in association with the Research Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Poznań Archaeological Museum. Topmost on the agenda were: survey and excavation on the left bank (Shemkhiya, Gamamiya, Kehellia, Hagar el-Beida and Es-Sadda, that is the Polish concession within the framework of the MDASP project); measurements and excavations in Dar el-Arab (Swueqi el-Gharb); excavations on Saffi Island, where new sites registered during the fieldwork of 2005 brought the site gazetteer to a total of 109. It did not, however, affect the statistics and the cultural profile of the island produced after the 2004 seasons. Most of the sites belonged to the Kerma Horizon, followed by an ample category of Dongola period sites. The number of sites does not say much of their potential and size. Qualitatively, the Dongola period predominates. And just one Christian burial site, Saffi 11, contains more graves than the total of Kerma tombs registered on the island.