El-Zuma 2011: the fourth season of excavations on the site. Preliminary report
El-Zuma 2011: the fourth season of excavations on the site. Preliminary report
Author(s): Mahmoud El-Tayeb, Ewa Czyżewska, Katarzyna Juszczyk-FutkowskaSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: el-Zuma; tumulus; cemetery; grave; early Makuria; Meroitic period; pottery
Summary/Abstract: The fourth season of work at the site of el-Zuma in Sudan was dedicated to the exploration of three different tumuli: middle-sized tumuli of Type II , L-shaped and U-shaped (T.9 and T.16, respectively), and the smallest size tumulus with rectangular vertical shaft and one side burial chamber, representing type III (T.20). A test trench dug on the southern edge of the biggest tumulus of type I (T.7) explored evidence for an external shaft, which turned out to lead to an underground tunnel reaching one of the burial chambers of the tomb.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2014
- Issue No: XXIII
- Page Range: 357-374
- Page Count: 18