Jebel Moya: new excavations at the largest pastoral burial cemetery in sub-Saharan Africa

New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal extensive evidence for Meroitic-era occupation, providing valuable data on contemporaneous diet, migration, exchange and population composition in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Published in:Antiquity 2018-10, Vol.92 (365), Article e6
Main Authors: Brass, Michael, Adam, Ahmed H., Fuller, Dorian Q, Stevens, Chris, Abdallah, Fakri Hassan, Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, Iwona, Abdallah, Rayan Mahjoub Jarelnabi, Alawad, Osman Khalil, Abdalla, Ammar Awad Mohamed, Wellings, Joss, Abdelrahman, Ali Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Archaeology
Cemeteries
Charcoal
Diet
Excavation
Historic artifacts
MacDonald, Scott
Neolithic
Pastoralism
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Summary:New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal extensive evidence for Meroitic-era occupation, providing valuable data on contemporaneous diet, migration, exchange and population composition in sub-Saharan Africa.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2018.226