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Neolithic nomads at El Multaga, Upper Nubia, Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. Peressinotto ,
A. Schmitt ,
Y. Lecointe ,
R. Pouriel  and
F. Geus
D. Peressinotto
Affiliation:
David Peressinotto, Aurore Schmitt: UMR CNRS 5809, Bordeaux 1 University, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Populations du Passé, Avenue des Facultés, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France
A. Schmitt
Affiliation:
David Peressinotto, Aurore Schmitt: UMR CNRS 5809, Bordeaux 1 University, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Populations du Passé, Avenue des Facultés, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France
Y. Lecointe
Affiliation:
Yves Lecointe, Raphaël Pouriel, Francis Geus, Section Française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan, Ambassade de Franceà Khartoum, 128bis rue de I'Université, 75351, Paris Cedex 07, France
R. Pouriel
Affiliation:
Yves Lecointe, Raphaël Pouriel, Francis Geus, Section Française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan, Ambassade de Franceà Khartoum, 128bis rue de I'Université, 75351, Paris Cedex 07, France
F. Geus
Affiliation:
Yves Lecointe, Raphaël Pouriel, Francis Geus, Section Française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan, Ambassade de Franceà Khartoum, 128bis rue de I'Université, 75351, Paris Cedex 07, France
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Investigations in the El Multaga area, located in Upper Nubia, brought to light Neolithic burials differing from other known local and contemporary burial sites. The skeletons lay under moundS in a very contracted positions inside pits just large enough to contain them. Grave goods are not regular and rather poor. The authors feel that such practices probably relate to local nomadic groups. The cemetery which had not been picked up by research surveys was discovered in a salvage project.

Keywords

NeolithicNubiaCentral Sudanburial customs
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 299 , March 2004 , pp. 54 - 60
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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