Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1114448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iwona |
| FAMILY NAME | Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin |
| SIGNATURE | KOZIERADZKA-OGUNMAKIN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0396-7623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Environmental factors in the preservation of human remains and funerary textiles in the late Old Kingdom burials at Saqqara West, Egypt
Introduction This paper investigates a link between intra-regional climatic changes and the preservation of human remains and funerary textiles in a representative group of burials from the late Old Kingdom/early First Intermediate Period cemetery (5th–8th Dynasties; c. 2498–2160 BCE) at Saqqara West, Egypt. Methods The study integrates geological, geoarchaeological, and archaeological evidence from the site, contemporary with the 4.2ka BP aridif…
New evidence from the late Predynastic to Late Period cemetery at Tarkhan, Egypt
Tarkhan is a cemetery in Egypt’s Nile Valley, best known for its pivotal late Predynastic and Early Dynastic remains. Despite its importance for understanding state formation in Egypt, the site saw limited modern investigation until 2024, when a new Egyptian-Polish archaeological project was launched to provide a reassessment of Tarkhan
Human remains from Saqqara West, Egypt, 2023–2025
The Saqqara necropolis, located some 30km south-west of Cairo, Egypt, on the desert plateau adjacent to the modern village of Saqqara, is the largest in the north-south running chain of cemeteries, collectively known as the Memphite necropolis (Figure 1).Saqqara West (29.871352N, 31.214597E), the area immediately west of the funerary complex of Pharaoh Netjerykhet (Djoser, c. 2649-2611 BCE) with the Step Pyramid as its focal monument, has been ex…
The prehistory of Jebel Moya, Sudan
This paper outlines the ways in which the project is addressing the colonial legacy of Henry Wellcome as well as presenting the data from the first three field seasons at Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. These data have substantially revised our chronological and socio-economic understanding of the site. Our excavations, initiated in 2017 and continued in 2019 and 2022, show a longer, more continuous occupation of the site than has been previousl…
Isotopic evidence of an environmental shift at the fall of the Kushite kingdom of Meroë, Sudan
Between c. 300 BC and AD 350, the Meroitic kingdom dominated the Middle Nile Valley; following its breakdown, it was replaced by a series of smaller successor polities. Explanation for this change centres on socio-political and economic instability. Here, the authors investigate the role of climate and environment using stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses of human and faunal dental enamel from 13 cemeteries. The results show increasing δ18O…
New radiocarbon dates from Jebel Moya (Sudan)
New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal previously unknown, continuous burial activity from the third millennium BC to c. 2000 years ago. Radiometric dates, archaeobotanical analyses and new approaches to the pottery sequence reveal a long-lasting and vibrant community in what was previously dismissed as a marginal environment in south-central Sudan
Archaeological report on the excavation of a post-Meroitic necropolis at el-Madanab (Shahid Rescue Archaeological Project)
The second season of excavations at Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan)
This report presents the latest data from ongoing excavations at Jebel Moya, Sudan. This year saw the opening of five new trenches and continued excavation of an archaeologically rich trench. We have recovered four individual burials, a mud brick wall and a number of animal and archaeobotanical remains. The excavations also yielded a longer pottery sequence, showing clearly that the site was in use by at least the sixth millennium BC. This season…
New findings on the significance of Jebel Moya in the eastern Sahel
This paper presents new excavation data and new radiometric dates for Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. These data suggest revisions to previous chronological understandings of the site. New excavations, initiated in 2017, show a longer, more continuous occupation of the site than has been previously recognised. Archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analyses provide evidence for domesticated taxa. Archaeobotanical evidence is dominated by domesti…
Jebel Moya
New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal extensive evidence
Jebel Moya
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia in an Old Kingdom Egyptian skeleton
New findings on the significance of Jebel Moya in the eastern Sahel
This paper presents new excavation data and new radiometric dates for Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. These data suggest revisions to previous chronological understandings of the site. New excavations, initiated in 2017, show a longer, more continuous occupation of the site than has been previously recognised. Archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analyses provide evidence for domesticated taxa. Archaeobotanical evidence is dominated by domesti…
Jebel Moya
New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal extensive evidence
The second season of excavations at Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan)
This report presents the latest data from ongoing excavations at Jebel Moya, Sudan. This year saw the opening of five new trenches and continued excavation of an archaeologically rich trench. We have recovered four individual burials, a mud brick wall and a number of animal and archaeobotanical remains. The excavations also yielded a longer pottery sequence, showing clearly that the site was in use by at least the sixth millennium BC. This season…
Isotopic evidence of an environmental shift at the fall of the Kushite kingdom of Meroë, Sudan
Between c. 300 BC and AD 350, the Meroitic kingdom dominated the Middle Nile Valley; following its breakdown, it was replaced by a series of smaller successor polities. Explanation for this change centres on socio-political and economic instability. Here, the authors investigate the role of climate and environment using stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses of human and faunal dental enamel from 13 cemeteries. The results show increasing δ18O…
New radiocarbon dates from Jebel Moya (Sudan)
New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal previously unknown, continuous burial activity from the third millennium BC to c. 2000 years ago. Radiometric dates, archaeobotanical analyses and new approaches to the pottery sequence reveal a long-lasting and vibrant community in what was previously dismissed as a marginal environment in south-central Sudan
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia in an Old Kingdom Egyptian skeleton
Jebel Moya
New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal extensive evidence
Jebel Moya
New findings on the significance of Jebel Moya in the eastern Sahel
This paper presents new excavation data and new radiometric dates for Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. These data suggest revisions to previous chronological understandings of the site. New excavations, initiated in 2017, show a longer, more continuous occupation of the site than has been previously recognised. Archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analyses provide evidence for domesticated taxa. Archaeobotanical evidence is dominated by domesti…
The second season of excavations at Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan)
This report presents the latest data from ongoing excavations at Jebel Moya, Sudan. This year saw the opening of five new trenches and continued excavation of an archaeologically rich trench. We have recovered four individual burials, a mud brick wall and a number of animal and archaeobotanical remains. The excavations also yielded a longer pottery sequence, showing clearly that the site was in use by at least the sixth millennium BC. This season…
Archaeological report on the excavation of a post-Meroitic necropolis at el-Madanab (Shahid Rescue Archaeological Project)
New radiocarbon dates from Jebel Moya (Sudan)
New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal previously unknown, continuous burial activity from the third millennium BC to c. 2000 years ago. Radiometric dates, archaeobotanical analyses and new approaches to the pottery sequence reveal a long-lasting and vibrant community in what was previously dismissed as a marginal environment in south-central Sudan
The prehistory of Jebel Moya, Sudan
This paper outlines the ways in which the project is addressing the colonial legacy of Henry Wellcome as well as presenting the data from the first three field seasons at Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. These data have substantially revised our chronological and socio-economic understanding of the site. Our excavations, initiated in 2017 and continued in 2019 and 2022, show a longer, more continuous occupation of the site than has been previousl…
Isotopic evidence of an environmental shift at the fall of the Kushite kingdom of Meroë, Sudan
Between c. 300 BC and AD 350, the Meroitic kingdom dominated the Middle Nile Valley; following its breakdown, it was replaced by a series of smaller successor polities. Explanation for this change centres on socio-political and economic instability. Here, the authors investigate the role of climate and environment using stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses of human and faunal dental enamel from 13 cemeteries. The results show increasing δ18O…
New evidence from the late Predynastic to Late Period cemetery at Tarkhan, Egypt
Tarkhan is a cemetery in Egypt’s Nile Valley, best known for its pivotal late Predynastic and Early Dynastic remains. Despite its importance for understanding state formation in Egypt, the site saw limited modern investigation until 2024, when a new Egyptian-Polish archaeological project was launched to provide a reassessment of Tarkhan
Human remains from Saqqara West, Egypt, 2023–2025
The Saqqara necropolis, located some 30km south-west of Cairo, Egypt, on the desert plateau adjacent to the modern village of Saqqara, is the largest in the north-south running chain of cemeteries, collectively known as the Memphite necropolis (Figure 1).Saqqara West (29.871352N, 31.214597E), the area immediately west of the funerary complex of Pharaoh Netjerykhet (Djoser, c. 2649-2611 BCE) with the Step Pyramid as its focal monument, has been ex…
Environmental factors in the preservation of human remains and funerary textiles in the late Old Kingdom burials at Saqqara West, Egypt
Introduction This paper investigates a link between intra-regional climatic changes and the preservation of human remains and funerary textiles in a representative group of burials from the late Old Kingdom/early First Intermediate Period cemetery (5th–8th Dynasties; c. 2498–2160 BCE) at Saqqara West, Egypt. Methods The study integrates geological, geoarchaeological, and archaeological evidence from the site, contemporary with the 4.2ka BP aridif…
Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Excavation (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · History (6 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 works) · Paleopathology and ancient diseases (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (3 works)