CURRENT PERSPECTIVES IN SUDANESE & NUBIA

Current Perspectives in Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology brings together papers presented at the 2nd Sudan Studies Research Conference, held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Scholars from various institutions around the world gathered to discuss the most recent trends in the field of Sudanese and Nubian archaeology, ranging from recent fieldwork in Sudan to scientific analysis of material culture and current theoretical approaches. The papers collected here focus on early administrative and mortuary material culture in the Nile valley and adjacent areas; religious beliefs and practices at Kerma; the adoption and local use of imported objects in the New Kingdom colonial period; and the role of Sudan and East Africa in human population history. Together, all papers represent the diversity of current approaches to the archaeology of Sudan and Nubia in various periods.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Kate Spence

Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology: Scholarship Past and Present – Rennan Lemos and Samantha Tipper

Libations and Luxury: the Use of Pilgrim Flasks in Nubia – Loretta Kilroe

Understanding the Kerma Amulets: the Ladder and Baboon Amulet-Beads – Elena D’Itria

A-Group Nubian Glyptic: Analysis and Preliminary Results – Siobhan Shinn

The Dead and their Tools. A First Approach to the Relationship Between Macro-Lithic Tools and Skeletons from the Necropolis of Mahal Teglinos (Eastern Sudan) – Francesco Michele Rega, Eleonora Minucci and Giusy Capasso

Human Population History from an East African Perspective: the Forgotten Land – Hisham M. Eldai and Hiba Babiker

Samantha Tipper is a senior lecturer at the University of Lincoln. She is a bioarchaeologist and paleopathologist with experience working in both the commercial and academic sectors in human osteology, paleopathology and forensic anthropology. Samantha completed her PhD in Archaeology at the University of Durham, where she carried out a comprehensive study on spinal pathology in ancient Nubia. She also founded the annual Sudan Studies Research Conference in 2017.