Jebel Moya (Sudan): new dates from a mortuary complex at the southern Meroitic frontier

This paper proposes a new chronology for the burial complex at Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. It reassesses the body of evidence from Sir Henry Wellcome's original 1911–1914 excavations in order to place the site within a firm chronological framework by: (a) applying an attribute-based approach to discern discrete pottery assemblages; and (b) applying initial OSL dates to facilitate the reliable dating of this site for the first time. Jebel Moya is re-interpreted as a burial complex situated on the southern periphery of the late Meroitic state, and its potential to serve as a chronological and cultural reference point for future studies in south-central and southern Sudan is outlined.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Azania

• Publication date

  2013-10-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine, History

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/0067270X.2013.843258PMID 25400300PMCID 4214402
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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