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Meinarti I

The Late Meroitic, Ballaña and Transitional Occupation

£29.00
Author:
William Y. Adams
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710945
Paperback:
166 pages, Includes 13 tables, 41 figures, maps and plans, 22 plates. With additional material online (cross-sectional diagrams and plans)
Sub-series name:
Sudan Archaeological Research Society, 5
ISBN 10:
1841710946
BAR number:
S895
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Description

Before its inundation in 1965, the island of Meinarti was situated at the foot of the Second Nile Cataract, 10km south of the town of Wadi Halfa. It was the last place that could be reached, at all times of the year, by large watercraft travelling upriver, a circumstance clearly important in shaping the history of the settlement. The total excavation work covered 18 occupation levels, varying in date from the 2nd or 3rd centuries to the 17th century AD. This volume processes in detail the Late Meroitic and Ballaña phases (c. 200-660 AD), and is the first in five volume series.