On a Nubian frontier — landscapes of settlement on the Third Cataract of the Nile, Sudan

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ID6041935
AutoresDavid N Edwards (0000-0002-9480-4936, University of Leicester, autor correspondente), Ali Osman (0000-0001-9906-5389, University of Khartoum), Yahia Fadl Tahir (University of Khartoum), Azhari Mustafa Sadig (0000-0003-2245-740X, King Saud University), Intisar Soghayroun El-Zein (University of Khartoum)
Ano2012
Volume47
Fascículo4
Páginas450-487
Data de publicação2012-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAzania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0067270x.2012.727615
OpenAlexW2134304478
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas31

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 threat by the construction of a dam at Kajbaar. We present here an outline of the long-term development of the region's settlement landscapes, broadly conceptualised, and their relation to those encountered in adjoining regions. It is possible to draw out some aspects of its cultural distinctiveness at a regional or larger scale, as well as the varying rôle of the Third Cataract as a cultural and political frontier in different periods. A contextual approach to its rock art suggests some fresh insights into the latter's likely significance. A complex and varied settlement history is beginning to emerge which both challenges representations of a uniquely timeless and ancient occupation of the land by autochthonous ‘Nubians’, while raising many new questions concerning the history of this frontier land

Archaeology · Excavation · Frontier · Geography · Political science · Politics · Rock art · Settlement (finance) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Law