LEADER 02726nam 22005894a 450 001 9910814370603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-20086-2 010 $a1-134-20087-0 010 $a1-280-04852-2 010 $a0-203-48276-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203482766 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255059 035 $a(EBL)173162 035 $a(OCoLC)56588394 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304629 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947634 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304629 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278623 035 $a(PQKB)10857388 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC173162 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL173162 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094107 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL4852 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255059 100 $a20031119d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Nubian past $ean archaeology of the Sudan /$fDavid N. Edwards 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-36988-6 311 $a0-415-36987-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 288-338) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Nubia, the Sudan and Sudanic Africa; Hunters, fishers and gatherers (c.10,000-5000 BC); The Neolithic: developing complexity and expanding worlds (c.5000-3000 BC); Kerma and Bronze Age Kush; The Kushite Revival: the XXVth Dynasty and the kingdom of Napata; Meroitic Kush (c.300 BC-AD 350); Post-Meroitic transitions (c.AD 350-550); Medieval Nubia (c.AD 500-1500); Post-medieval Sudan and Islam (c.AD 1500-1900); Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis cutting-edge synthesis of the archaeology of Nubia and Sudan from prehistory to the nineteenth century AD is the first major work on this area for over three decades. Drawing on results of the latest research and developing new interpretive frameworks, the area which has produced the most spectacular archaeology in sub-Saharan Africa is examined here by an author with extensive experience in this field.The geographical range of the book extends through the Nubian north, the Middle Nile Basin, and includes what has become the modern Sudan. Using period-based chapters, the region 606 $aArchaeology$zSudan 607 $aSudan$xAntiquities 615 0$aArchaeology 676 $a939/.78 700 $aEdwards$b David N$08433 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814370603321 996 $aThe Nubian past$94078657 997 $aUNINA