David N Edwards
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 114411 |
|---|---|
| NOME | David N Edwards |
| PRENOMES | David N |
| SOBRENOME | Edwards |
| ASSINATURA | EDWARDS D N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Leicester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9480-4936 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 61 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Landscape Archaeologies in Nubia and the Middle Nile
It is suggested that many landscape archaeology approaches have considerable potential to contribute to research in the large and environmentally varied region of the Middle Nile. Longer-term perspectives through the Holocene also require more specific engagements with major environmental as well as social transformations. A number of specific foci suggest themselves for further exploration. As in many other part of Africa exploring landscape his…
From Digital Mental Health to Digital Social and Emotional Wellbeing
This paper describes the first six years of a government-initiated project to train Indigenous health professionals in digital mental health (d-MH). It illustrates how community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods were used to enable this "top-down" project to be transformed into a 'ground-up' community-guided process; and how, in turn, the guidance from the local Indigenous community partners went on to influence the national government'…
Between the Nile and the Sahara
The Middle Nile (from Aswan in Egypt to Khartoum in Sudan, Fig. 6.1) is quite exceptional in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a region where, from the beginning, archaeological frameworks have been constructed largely on the basis of cemetery excavations. This has, of course, much to do with regionally specific research histories and emergent archaeological practices associated with them. The traditions of materially rich mortuary cultures encountered i…
A Possible Monastery and the ‘Upper Maqs’ at Ukma-Akasha West
This paper summarises previously unpublished records relating to a series of unusual, and perhaps associated enclosed medieval settlements in the area of Akasha and Ukma West, excavated in 1969 by the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia. When excavated, one site, namely [21-N-11], which contained a small church, was thought likely to have been a monastery. An unusual site close by is also briefly discussed. Two other enclosed sites, and perha…
A Kerma Ancien cemetery in the Northern Dongola Reach. Excavations at site H29
"A Kerma Ancien cemetery in the Northern Dongola Reach. Excavations at site H29." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 54(1), pp. 128–129
Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300–1625
Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300–1625: Essays in Honour of Jenny Wormald. Stephen Boardman and Julian Goodare, eds. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014. xiv + 362 pp. $125. - Volume 70 Issue 1
The origins and development of Zuwīla, Libyan Sahara
Zuwīla in southwestern Libya (Fazzān) was one of the most important early Islamic centres in the Central Sahara, but the archaeological correlates of the written sources for it have been little explored. This paper brings together for the first time a detailed consideration of the relevant historical and archaeological data, together with new AMS radiocarbon dates from several key monuments. The origins of the settlement at Zuwīla were pre-Islami…
The walls of medieval Zuwila
The walls of Zuwila constitute one of the most impressive defensive enceintes among Libyan Saharan oasis towns, but hitherto their construction date has been uncertain. A new AMS radiocarbon date now offers the strongest support for an association with the establishment of the Banu Khattab dynasty at Zuwila in the early tenth century AD, as some previous commentators had suspected. The walls relate to a fortress of approximately 4.5 hectares buil…
David W. Phillipson. Foundations of an African civilisation
David W. Phillipson. Foundations of an African civilisation: Aksum & the northern Horn 1000 BC–AD 1300. x+294 pages, 94 illustrations. 2012. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer; 978-1-84701-041-4 hardback £ 40. - Volume 87 Issue 336
The Archaeology of Fazzan, Vol. 4
On a Nubian frontier — landscapes of settlement on the Third Cataract of the Nile, Sudan
Through the twentieth century much of the Nubian Nile Valley has seen archaeological survey and excavation, largely in response to its destruction by successive dams built at Aswan. The Mahas Survey Project of the University of Khartoum has continued this work on the Third Cataract approximately 700 km upriver of the First Cataract, within a survey concession extending over some 80 km of the Nile and its immediate hinterlands, an area now under t…
László Török. Between two worlds
László Török. Between two worlds: the frontier region between ancient Nubia and Egypt 3700 BC – 500 AD (Probleme der Ägyptologie 29). xxii+652 pages, 48 plates, 25 tables. 2009. Leiden: Brill; 978-90-04-17197-8 hardback €180 & $281; 978-90-4742-5298 e-book. - Volume 84 Issue 324
The Archaeology of Sudan and Nubia
This review explores recent research within the territory of the modern Sudan and Nubia. One special interest of this region's history and archaeology lies in its role as a zone of interaction between diverse cultural traditions linking sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt, the Mediterranean world, and beyond. The exceptionally early development of large-scale polities in the Middle Nile also offers remarkable opportunities for exploring the archaeology of …
The archaeology of religion
In the early years of the twenty-first century religion is again commonly a basis for intense solidarities, interwoven with, and often fundamental to, national and ethnic identities. If the role of religion in the West may have appeared to be of declining importance during the twentieth century (Towler 1974: vii), we now have plentiful reminders that such secularisation was by no means universal; multi-religious ethnic groups appear to be rare (E…
Chávez and RCTV
Editor’s note: In this issue, we are proud to introduce the first column produced in our new Media Accuracy on Latin America (MALA) program. MALA has three goals: (1) to foster public discourse by offering more pluralistic views on hemispheric affairs, (2) to offer constructive media criticism together with civic participation tools for acting on that criticism, and (3) to mobilize our diverse constituencies to become active in the media justice …
The Archaeology of Identity
Archaeology of Identity' presents an overview of the five key areas which have recently emerged in archaeological social theory: gender, age, ethnicity, religion, and status. This book reviews the research history of each area, the different ways in which each has been investigated, and offers new avenues for exploring their connections
History, Archaeology and Nubian Identities in the Middle Nile
The Nubian Past
This 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 exte…
Short- and long-term foraging and foddering strategies of domesticated animals from Qasr Ibrim, Egypt
The potential for Historical Archaeology in the Sudan
Traditional archaeologies of the Sudan have long-focused on the more obvious and monumental achievements of its early ‘civilizations’. The archaeology of more recent periods, however, remains largely neglected while little interest has been shown in developing research drawing on the great theoretical and methodological advances made in ‘Historical Archaeology’ in recent decades. Still framed largely around generalized distinctions between ‘Chris…
The Archaeology of Fazzan
This book seeks to advance knowledge of human settlement and adaptation in the world's largest desert, the sahara. Previous studies focussed on the prehistoric phases but this study takes a wider historical and geographical perspective. It sets out to combine the results of several field campaigns, their histories and methodologies. We look at fieldwork, fortifications, funerary structures, irrigation, rock art and human occupation. The final sum…
Radiocarbon dates from Fazzan, southern Libya
This short paper presents a full list of the currently available radiocarbon dates from the work of Charles Daniels in the 1960s-1970s and the Fazzan Project (1997-2001). The dates can be grouped into several categories, by site or area, and demonstrate the potential of radiocarbon dating being applied to historic-period archaeology in the Sahara. This complements earlier Italian work on later prehistory. One of the most important conclusions to …
The archaeology of the southern Fazzan and prospects for future research
Since the beginning of archaeological fieldwork in the Fazzan in the 1930s, the focus of research has remained mainly on the Wadi al-Ajal/Wadi al-Hayat and the ‘Garamantes’. While recent work in the Ghat region has identified ‘Garamantian’ sites much further west than previously known, in the Wadi Tanezzuft, very little is known of other parts of the region, notably the southern oases and their towns with their rich medieval and post-medieval her…
Processing palm fruits in the Nile Valley - biomolecular evidence from Qasr Ibrim
While palaeobotanical remains provide clear evidence for the exploitation of the date at various locations in Egypt and Nubia, it is the detection amongst lipid residues in closed form vessels of fatty acid distributions dominated by diagnostic short-chain fatty acids, i.e. C12:0 and C14:0′ that provides the first direct evidence for the processing of palm fruit in pottery vessels
The Fezzan Project 2000
The fourth season of the Fezzan Project continued the interdisciplinary approaches of previous seasons. Geographical and environmental work focused principally in sampling sediments for scientific dating and with integrating ground observation with remote sensing data. Excavations continued at Old Germa, where the site has now reached Garamantian levels. In a separate development, the tentative identification has been made of an early mosque at t…
Meroe and the Sudanic Kingdoms
The kingdom of Kush (Meroe) represents one of a series of early states located within the Middle Nile. At its greatest extent controlling more than 1,000 km. of the Nile valley from northern Lower Nubia to Sennar on the Blue Nile, its scale, longevity and cultural achievements are remarkable (Fig. 1). While its origins in the early millennium b.c. and its demise around the fourth century a.d. still remain obscure, it is one of the earliest and mo…
Short- and long-term foraging and foddering strategies of domesticated animals from Qasr Ibrim, Egypt
Processing palm fruits in the Nile Valley - biomolecular evidence from Qasr Ibrim
While palaeobotanical remains provide clear evidence for the exploitation of the date at various locations in Egypt and Nubia, it is the detection amongst lipid residues in closed form vessels of fatty acid distributions dominated by diagnostic short-chain fatty acids, i.e. C12:0 and C14:0′ that provides the first direct evidence for the processing of palm fruit in pottery vessels
Sorghum, Beer and Kushite society
Archaeobotanical studies in the Middle Nile region have traditionally focused on processes of domestication and the economic/nutritional use of crops. However, a consideration of the preparation and consumption of sorghum foodstuffs and their wider social usage suggests that we can develop studies much further. Ethnographic and historical studies suggest that the widespread practice of converting grain into beer had a profound impact on many area…
The archaeology of the southern Fazzan and prospects for future research
Since the beginning of archaeological fieldwork in the Fazzan in the 1930s, the focus of research has remained mainly on the Wadi al-Ajal/Wadi al-Hayat and the ‘Garamantes’. While recent work in the Ghat region has identified ‘Garamantian’ sites much further west than previously known, in the Wadi Tanezzuft, very little is known of other parts of the region, notably the southern oases and their towns with their rich medieval and post-medieval her…
Chickens in Africa
An articulated hen's skeleton, set under the doorway of a building at the celebrated desiccated site of Qasr Ibrim in Egyptian Nubia, is cause to look again at the flight of chickens into Africa
The Archaeology of Fazzan, Vol. 4
The potential for Historical Archaeology in the Sudan
Traditional archaeologies of the Sudan have long-focused on the more obvious and monumental achievements of its early ‘civilizations’. The archaeology of more recent periods, however, remains largely neglected while little interest has been shown in developing research drawing on the great theoretical and methodological advances made in ‘Historical Archaeology’ in recent decades. Still framed largely around generalized distinctions between ‘Chris…
The Fezzan Project 2000
The fourth season of the Fezzan Project continued the interdisciplinary approaches of previous seasons. Geographical and environmental work focused principally in sampling sediments for scientific dating and with integrating ground observation with remote sensing data. Excavations continued at Old Germa, where the site has now reached Garamantian levels. In a separate development, the tentative identification has been made of an early mosque at t…
The Garamantes of Fezzan Revisited
Until the recent resumption of British fieldwork in the Fezzan, knowledge about the Garamantes was largely based on the interim reports of the extensive fieldwork carried out there by Charles Daniels between 1958 and 1977. Following the death of Charles Daniels in 1996, a new project based at the Universities of Leicester and Newcastle is undertaking the full publication of his work. This first interim report discusses progress with the preparati…
Meroitic Ceramic Chronology
This paper was published as Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 1999, 34 (1), pp. 25-44. It is available from http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/00672709909511470. Doi: 10.1080/00672709909511470
A Possible Monastery and the ‘Upper Maqs’ at Ukma-Akasha West
This paper summarises previously unpublished records relating to a series of unusual, and perhaps associated enclosed medieval settlements in the area of Akasha and Ukma West, excavated in 1969 by the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia. When excavated, one site, namely [21-N-11], which contained a small church, was thought likely to have been a monastery. An unusual site close by is also briefly discussed. Two other enclosed sites, and perha…
On a Nubian frontier — landscapes of settlement on the Third Cataract of the Nile, Sudan
Through the twentieth century much of the Nubian Nile Valley has seen archaeological survey and excavation, largely in response to its destruction by successive dams built at Aswan. The Mahas Survey Project of the University of Khartoum has continued this work on the Third Cataract approximately 700 km upriver of the First Cataract, within a survey concession extending over some 80 km of the Nile and its immediate hinterlands, an area now under t…
Chickens in Africa
An articulated hen's skeleton, set under the doorway of a building at the celebrated desiccated site of Qasr Ibrim in Egyptian Nubia, is cause to look again at the flight of chickens into Africa
Post-Meroitic (‘X-Group’) and Christian Burials at Sesibi, Sudanese Nubia. The Excavations of 1937
Publication of a small group of ‘X-Group’ and Christian graves at Sesibi, excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in January 1937. This is the most southerly site where typically ‘X-Group’ material has been found. A range of practices can be seen which provide a useful insight into the transition from typically pagan to Christian burial rites during the early sixth century AD
Post-Meroitic ('X-Group') and Christian Burials at Sesibi, Sudanese Nubia. The Excavations of 1937
Sorghum, Beer and Kushite society
Archaeobotanical studies in the Middle Nile region have traditionally focused on processes of domestication and the economic/nutritional use of crops. However, a consideration of the preparation and consumption of sorghum foodstuffs and their wider social usage suggests that we can develop studies much further. Ethnographic and historical studies suggest that the widespread practice of converting grain into beer had a profound impact on many area…
Meroe and the Sudanic Kingdoms
The kingdom of Kush (Meroe) represents one of a series of early states located within the Middle Nile. At its greatest extent controlling more than 1,000 km. of the Nile valley from northern Lower Nubia to Sennar on the Blue Nile, its scale, longevity and cultural achievements are remarkable (Fig. 1). While its origins in the early millennium b.c. and its demise around the fourth century a.d. still remain obscure, it is one of the earliest and mo…
The Garamantes of Fezzan Revisited
Until the recent resumption of British fieldwork in the Fezzan, knowledge about the Garamantes was largely based on the interim reports of the extensive fieldwork carried out there by Charles Daniels between 1958 and 1977. Following the death of Charles Daniels in 1996, a new project based at the Universities of Leicester and Newcastle is undertaking the full publication of his work. This first interim report discusses progress with the preparati…
The Evolution of the Shouldered Arch in Medieval Islamic Architecture
It is a general law of Islamic architecture that elements and features that evolved for a structural reason come, with the passage of time and refinement of the forms, to be transformed into decorative features; that is, non-structural embellishments or modifications of the forms begin to appear. The same process is common to other schools of architecture, but a specific characteristic of Islam has been its propensity to draw upon previous source…
Meroitic Ceramic Chronology
This paper was published as Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 1999, 34 (1), pp. 25-44. It is available from http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/00672709909511470. Doi: 10.1080/00672709909511470
The Fezzan Project 2000
The fourth season of the Fezzan Project continued the interdisciplinary approaches of previous seasons. Geographical and environmental work focused principally in sampling sediments for scientific dating and with integrating ground observation with remote sensing data. Excavations continued at Old Germa, where the site has now reached Garamantian levels. In a separate development, the tentative identification has been made of an early mosque at t…
Language, settlement and long-term history in Upper Nubia
This paper was published as Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2000, 35 (1), pp. 191-197. It is available from http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/00672700009511602. Doi: 10.1080/00672700009511602
The archaeology of the southern Fazzan and prospects for future research
Since the beginning of archaeological fieldwork in the Fazzan in the 1930s, the focus of research has remained mainly on the Wadi al-Ajal/Wadi al-Hayat and the ‘Garamantes’. While recent work in the Ghat region has identified ‘Garamantian’ sites much further west than previously known, in the Wadi Tanezzuft, very little is known of other parts of the region, notably the southern oases and their towns with their rich medieval and post-medieval her…
Processing palm fruits in the Nile Valley - biomolecular evidence from Qasr Ibrim
While palaeobotanical remains provide clear evidence for the exploitation of the date at various locations in Egypt and Nubia, it is the detection amongst lipid residues in closed form vessels of fatty acid distributions dominated by diagnostic short-chain fatty acids, i.e. C12:0 and C14:0′ that provides the first direct evidence for the processing of palm fruit in pottery vessels
Radiocarbon dates from Fazzan, southern Libya
This short paper presents a full list of the currently available radiocarbon dates from the work of Charles Daniels in the 1960s-1970s and the Fazzan Project (1997-2001). The dates can be grouped into several categories, by site or area, and demonstrate the potential of radiocarbon dating being applied to historic-period archaeology in the Sahara. This complements earlier Italian work on later prehistory. One of the most important conclusions to …
The Archaeology of Fazzan
This book seeks to advance knowledge of human settlement and adaptation in the world's largest desert, the sahara. Previous studies focussed on the prehistoric phases but this study takes a wider historical and geographical perspective. It sets out to combine the results of several field campaigns, their histories and methodologies. We look at fieldwork, fortifications, funerary structures, irrigation, rock art and human occupation. The final sum…
History, Archaeology and Nubian Identities in the Middle Nile
The Nubian Past
This 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 exte…
Short- and long-term foraging and foddering strategies of domesticated animals from Qasr Ibrim, Egypt
The potential for Historical Archaeology in the Sudan
Traditional archaeologies of the Sudan have long-focused on the more obvious and monumental achievements of its early ‘civilizations’. The archaeology of more recent periods, however, remains largely neglected while little interest has been shown in developing research drawing on the great theoretical and methodological advances made in ‘Historical Archaeology’ in recent decades. Still framed largely around generalized distinctions between ‘Chris…
The Archaeology of Identity
Archaeology of Identity' presents an overview of the five key areas which have recently emerged in archaeological social theory: gender, age, ethnicity, religion, and status. This book reviews the research history of each area, the different ways in which each has been investigated, and offers new avenues for exploring their connections
The Archaeology of Sudan and Nubia
This review explores recent research within the territory of the modern Sudan and Nubia. One special interest of this region's history and archaeology lies in its role as a zone of interaction between diverse cultural traditions linking sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt, the Mediterranean world, and beyond. The exceptionally early development of large-scale polities in the Middle Nile also offers remarkable opportunities for exploring the archaeology of …
The archaeology of religion
In the early years of the twenty-first century religion is again commonly a basis for intense solidarities, interwoven with, and often fundamental to, national and ethnic identities. If the role of religion in the West may have appeared to be of declining importance during the twentieth century (Towler 1974: vii), we now have plentiful reminders that such secularisation was by no means universal; multi-religious ethnic groups appear to be rare (E…
Chávez and RCTV
Editor’s note: In this issue, we are proud to introduce the first column produced in our new Media Accuracy on Latin America (MALA) program. MALA has three goals: (1) to foster public discourse by offering more pluralistic views on hemispheric affairs, (2) to offer constructive media criticism together with civic participation tools for acting on that criticism, and (3) to mobilize our diverse constituencies to become active in the media justice …
László Török. Between two worlds
László Török. Between two worlds: the frontier region between ancient Nubia and Egypt 3700 BC – 500 AD (Probleme der Ägyptologie 29). xxii+652 pages, 48 plates, 25 tables. 2009. Leiden: Brill; 978-90-04-17197-8 hardback €180 & $281; 978-90-4742-5298 e-book. - Volume 84 Issue 324
On a Nubian frontier — landscapes of settlement on the Third Cataract of the Nile, Sudan
Through the twentieth century much of the Nubian Nile Valley has seen archaeological survey and excavation, largely in response to its destruction by successive dams built at Aswan. The Mahas Survey Project of the University of Khartoum has continued this work on the Third Cataract approximately 700 km upriver of the First Cataract, within a survey concession extending over some 80 km of the Nile and its immediate hinterlands, an area now under t…
David W. Phillipson. Foundations of an African civilisation
David W. Phillipson. Foundations of an African civilisation: Aksum & the northern Horn 1000 BC–AD 1300. x+294 pages, 94 illustrations. 2012. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer; 978-1-84701-041-4 hardback £ 40. - Volume 87 Issue 336
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