The Nubian past
Subtitle: an archaeology of the Sudan
By: David N. Edwards.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Archaeology -- Sudan.; Sudan -- Antiquities.
Description: A new synthesis of the archaeology of Nubia & Sudan is presented in this volume, the first major review of the subject in over 30 years. 'The Nubian Past' covers the period from the emergence of settlement around 7,000 years ago to the 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nubia, Sudan and Sudanic Africa; title: Hunters, fishers and gatherers (c. 10,000-5,000 bc); title: The neolithic : developing complexity and expanding worlds (c. 5000-3000 bc); title: Kerma and bronze age Kush; title: The Kushite revival : the xxvth dynasty and the kingdom of Napata; title: Meroitic Kush (c. 300 bc-350 ad); title: Post-Meroitic transitions (c.350 ad-550); title: Medieval Nubia (c.500 ad-1500); title: Post-medieval : Sudan and Islam (c.1500 ad-1900)