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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Early Makuria Research Project. Metal artifacts from the Tanqasi cemetery

2018, 27, No. 1

Łukasz Zieliński

0000-0002-6933-1786

University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, PhD candidate

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.2007

Publication date

21.12.2018

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Humanities

Discipline

archeology

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

The article documents and discusses metal artifacts discovered in tombs explored by a joint Polish–Sudanese project from the PCMA UW and the NCAM in the tumuli field at Tanqasi in Sudan (Fourth Nile Cataract region). Metal finds from the first season in 2018 were in various states of preservation, allowing however the identification and interpretation of most of the objects through a thorough analysis that involves also metallographic studies and complex conservation. The results contribute to how the site is perceived from a social and cultural point of view.

Keywords:

Tanqasi,Nubia,Nubiology,weaponry,iron,copper,conservation

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