Archaeological expeditions to Nubia explained

An expedition of three, including Professor J.H.Breasted, occurred in November 1905.[1] Later Chicago University expeditions occurred in the seasons 1962–63 and 1963–64; excavations between Abu Simbel and the Sudan border.[2] [3] The Coxe expeditions occurred in 1907–10 under the direction of D.R.McIver and L.Wooley. A later joint expedition with the Peabody Museum of Natural History sought to protect artefacts from rising water level's as a result of the building of the Aswan Low Dam.[4] [5]

Colorado University expeditions occurred during 1963–64.Site 6-B-36 located in the proximity of Wadi Halfa is identified as a cemetery complex. The site activity ranged from 2 to 5 kilometres North of the wadi.[6] The university excavated cemeteries of Meroitic, X-Group,[7] and Christian (Armelegos 1968).[8] [9] Site 24-V-13 located at Argin village is documented as containing objects of ceramic industry.[10] Michigan University studied the people of the villages of Abu Simbel and Ballana from 1966–1986 onward.[11] The Tombos expedition led by Stuart Tyson Smith (UCSB) occurred during 2000.[12]

Analysis

George Armelegos (Massachusetts University) analysed dental and skeletal pathology from the Colorado expeditions.[9]

Notes and References

  1. The 1905-1907 Breasted Expeditions To Egypt and The Sudan . Chicago University .
  2. Seele . Keith C. . Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 33 . 1 . January 1974 . 1–43 . University of Chicago Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition: Excavations between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Border, Preliminary Report . 543348 . 10.1086/372325. 161639356 .
  3. Seele . Keith C. . Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier . Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 33 . 1 . January 1974 . 1–43 . 10.1086/372325. 161639356 .
  4. A new look at Ancient Egypt . University of Pennsylvania .
  5. Nubian Archeological Expeditions . Science . May 1960 . 131 . 3413 . 1596–1598 . 10.1126/science.131.3413.1596 . 17745308.
  6. Web site: Wadi Halfa (6B36) . Catalogue of Fossil Hominids . 21 October 2012.
  7. Web site: Adams . W.Y. . The X Group or Ballana Culture . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005022116/http://www.numibia.net/nubia/x-group.htm . October 5, 2011.
  8. Greene . David Lee . Discrete dental variations and biological distances of nubian populations . American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 58 . 1 . 75–79 . 10.1002/ajpa.1330580109 . 7124917. 1982 .
  9. Book: Buikstra . Jane E. . Beck . Lane A. . Bioarchaeology: the contextual analysis of human remains . 0-12-369541-4. 2006 .
  10. Book: Adams, William Yewdale . Ceramic industries of medieval Nubia, Part 1 . University Press of Kentucky . 1986 . 9780813105000.
  11. Book: Harris . James E. . Ponitz . Paul V. . Ingalls . Brian K. . Dental health in ancient Egypt . Cockburn . Aidan . Cockburn . Eve . Reyman . Theodore Allen . Mummies, disease & ancient cultures . https://books.google.com/books?id=8KZHa5vHOS0C&pg=PA60 . Cambridge University Press . 1998 . 0-521-58954-1.
  12. Web site: Smith . Stuart . Nubia, Survey & Excavations . University of California Santa Barbara . 21 October 2012.

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