Michael Brass

Biographic Data

ID6307680
NAMEMichael Brass
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMEBrass
SIGNATUREBRASS M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity College London
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX3

  • The prehistory of Jebel Moya, Sudan

    Open AccessIsabelle Vella Gregory, Michael Bra et al.ARTICLELibyan Studies2023References: 26

    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…

  • An Archaeology of Pastoralism and Agropastoralism in the Sudan

    Michael Bra, Michael Brass et al.CHAPTER2022

    What might an archaeology of pastoralism in the Sudan look like? This challenging question is hampered by an uneven archaeological record and a lifestyle that has a long and complex biography. While acknowledging that pastoralism continues to be a part of contemporary life, the period up to the early 1st millennium ce, contemporary with the end of the Meroitic state, was a particularly important period for pastoralism in the Sudan. Moreover, the …

  • Sudan, Prehistory of

    Open AccessIsabelle Vella Gregory, Michael Bra et al.CHAPTEREncyclopedia Of Global Archaeology2021

  • The second season of excavations at Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan)

    Open AccessMichael Bra, Michael Brass et al.ARTICLELibyan Studies2020Cited by: 3References: 17

    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…

  • Jebel Moya

    Open AccessMichael Bra, Michael Brass et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2018Cited by: 4References: 2

    New excavations at the Jebel Moya cemetery in Sudan reveal extensive evidence

  • The Southern Frontier of the Meroitic State

    Open AccessMichael Bra, Michael BrassARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2014Cited by: 5References: 28

    The site of Jebel Moya, excavated in the early twentieth century, represents arguably the largest pastoral mortuary complex in Africa. Jebel Moya is resituated in relation to the neighbouring Meroitic-era agro-pastoral settlements and the only known Meroitic trading station (Sennar) in the southern Gezira Plain, Sudan. It is the first time that the known localities in the southern Gezira and southern Meroitic cemeteries have been compared, in an …