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Gabati. A Meroitic, post-Meroitic and Medieval Cemetery in Central Sudan

Volume 2. The physical anthropology

£61.00
Author:
Margaret A. Judd with a contribution by David N. Edwards
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English with an Arabic summary
ISBN:
9781407310466
Paperback:
239pp, Illustrated throughout including 13 colour plates
Sub-series name:
Sudan Archaeological Research Society, 20
ISBN 10:
1407310461
BAR number:
S2442
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
The second volume presenting the results of researches at Gabati in central Sudan is concerned with the physical anthropology. The book consists of two parts. Part I details the analysis of the skeletons excavated at Gabati and summarises their general health and lifestyle. An in-depth social interpretation is not the intention of this analysis, but rather it forms an anthropological foundation to invite further research. Chapters 2-6 present the methods and results of inventory, demography and palaeopathology. Chapter synthesises these results to impart an impression of life and health experienced at Gabati during the Meroitic, post-Meroitic and medieval periods. Chapter 8 situates the site and funerary program within the broader context of Nubian archaeology. Part II presents the skeletal catalogue of osteobiographical information for each individual and lists the unassociated skeletal remains, if any, for each tomb. The appendices include preservation tables, individual data tables, descriptive statistics for metrical data, frequency tables for non-metric traits and finally the plates.