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Travelling the Korosko Road : archaeological exploration in Sudan's eastern desert
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This volume publishes accounts of archaeological exploration carried out in the Sudanese Eastern Desert. A pioneering programme of expeditions along the so-called 'Korosko Road' revealed a rich arc...
This volume publishes accounts of archaeological exploration carried out in the Sudanese Eastern Desert. A pioneering programme of expeditions along the so-called 'Korosko Road' revealed a rich archaeological landscape frequented over millennia, including gold-production areas and their associated settlements.
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- edited by W. Vivian Davies, and Derek A. Welsby, with contribution by Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni, Mahmoud Suliman Bashir, Andrea Manzo, Serena Massa, Francesco M. Rega, Philippe Ruffieux, Donatella Usai
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Davis, W. Vivian, editor
- Welsby, Derek A., editor
- Castiglioni, Alfredo, 1937-2016, contributor
- Castiglioni, Angelo, 1937- contributor
- Bashir, Mahmoud Suliman, contributor
- Manzo, Andrea, contributor
- Massa, Serena, contributor
- Rega, Francesco Michele, contributor
- Ruffieux, Philippe, contributor
- Usai, Donatella, contributor
- Publication
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- Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing LTD, 2020
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 9781789698039, 1789698030, 1789698049, 9781789698046
- OCLC
- on1225881371
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Preface -- W. Vivian Davies and Derek A. Welsby ; Part I. The CeRDO expeditions (1989-2006) ; 1. Explorations in Sudan's Eastern Nubian Desert, 1989 to 2006 1-4 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni ; 2. Wadi Terfowi 5-10 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni ; 3. The gold mines of Kerma and exploration of the south-eastern Nubian Desert 11-21 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni ; 4. The Tracks of Egyptian Penetration 22-47 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni ; 5. Traces of the Past -- First Expedition 48-55 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni ; 6. Traces of the Past -- Second Expedition 56-61 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni ; 7. The Journey to Onib Crater (el-Hofra) 62-67 -- Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni 8. The Nubian and Pharaonic Ceramic Materials 68-83 -- Andrea Manzo ; 9. Imported wares in the Sudanese Eastern Desert: finds from the CeRDO Survey 2004 84-98 -- Serena Massa ; 10. Preliminary study of the macro-lithic tools collected by CeRDO in the Sudanese Eastern Desert 99-124 -- Francesco Michele Rega ; Part II. The SARS Korosko Road Project (2013) ; 11. The Korosko Road as a major cross-desert route: a brief overview 125-130 -- Derek A. Welsby ; 12. Gazetteer of sites 131-163 -- Derek A. Welsby ; 13. The Korosko Road Project: Final Report on the Pottery 164-183 -- Philippe Ruffieux and Mahmoud Suliman Bashir ; 14. The hand-axe and denticulated tool 184 -- Donatella Usai ; 15. Securing the Gold of Wawat: pharaonic inscriptions in the Sudanese-Nubian Eastern Desert 185-220 -- W. Vivian Davies
Subjects
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Sudan.
- Sudan -- Antiquities.
- Eastern Desert (Egypt) -- Antiquities.
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