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Revisit a funeral assembly of the Sudanese Nolithic: the Kadruka 18 cemetery (J. Reinold excavations)

Abstract

International audience Kadruka 18 (KDK18), a Neolithic burial site from Upper Nubia, located within a large archaeological context, has benefited from a reexamination,both archaeological and biological (of the archaeological data and archives, of the plans and drawing of the burials, of the archaeologicalmaterial, as well as the human remains, including bones and teeth), long after the first excavations and analyses by J. Reinold and C. Simon in the1980’s and 1990’s. Our results include : initial analysis of present age groups within the burial ground, suggesting a distinct selection among them, reassessment of the sex estimation of individuals (utilizing a more accurate method), revealing a rather more egalitarian relationship between the two sexes. The taphonomic study of the disposal of the dead, of grave-goods and the spatial analysis of the cemetery provide an improved understanding of the way in which it functioned as an ensemble. These results are part of a larger and ongoing project, which aims to expand our understanding of several sites from the Kadruka area, as they relate to one another (KDK18, KDK1, KDK2, KDK21 et KDK23).

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