Some Mahas Survey Project

& related  publications

Edwards, D. 2006. 'Drawing on Rocks, the most enduring monuments of Middle Nubia', Sudan and Nubia 10: 55-63

Edwards, D. 2006.‘Mid-Holocene game drives in Nubian landscapes?’ in K. Kroeper, M. Chlodnicki & M. Kobusiewicz (eds.) Archaeology of Early Northeastern Africa. (Studies in African Archaeology Vol. 9). Poznan: Poznan Archaeological Museum, 49-64

Ali Osman 2004. 'Archaeology & Settlement in the Third Cataract region during the Medieval and Post-Medieval periods', Azania 39: 34-39.

Intisar Soghayroun el Zein 2004. 'The Ottomans and the Mahas in the Third Cataract Region',   Azania 39: 50-57

Edwards, D. N. 2004. 'The potential for Historical Archaeology in the Sudan', Azania 39: 13-33

Bell, H. & Hashim, M. J. 2002. 'Does Aten Live on in Kawa (Kowwa)?' Sudan & Nubia 6: 42-6

Edwards, D. & Ali Osman, 2001. 'New Kingdom & Kushite sites in the Third Cataract Region, Sudanese Nubia. Gottinger Miszellen 182: 17-30

Hashim, M. J. 2001. 'An Orthography for Nobiin: a Contribution to the Debate' . Sudan Studies 26: 44-51

Fuller, D. & Edwards, D. 2001. ‘Medieval Plant economy in Middle Nubia: some archaeobotanical evidence from Nauri’. Sudan & Nubia 5: 96-103
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Edwards, D. & Ali Osman, 2000. 'The Archaeology of Arduan Island - the Mahas Survey 2000'. Sudan & Nubia 4: 58-70.

Hashim, M. J. and Bell, H. 2000. ‘Reconstructing the History of Settlement Patterns in the Mahas: Evidence from Language and Place-names’. Sudan & Nubia 4: 71-78

Edwards, D. 1995. ' A Meroitic Settlement and Cemetery at Kedurma in the Third Cataract Region, Northern Sudan'. Archeologie du Nil Moyen 7: 37-51.

Edwards, D. 1994. 'Post-Meroitic ('X-Group') and Christian burials at  Sesibi, Northern Sudan. The Excavations of 1937'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 80: 159-78.

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Ali Osman, 1982. 'The Post-Medieval kingdom of  Kokka'. In J. Plumley (ed.) Nubian Studies: 185-97. Warminster.

Ali Osman, 1986. 'Islamic Archaeology in the Sudan' in M. Krause (ed.) Nubische Studien: 347-57. Mainz.

Ali Osman, 1992.  ‘The Folklore of Archaeological Sites: a case study from Nawri in the Third Cataract region’. In J. Sterner & N. David (eds.) An African Commitment: 31-34. Calgary.

Ali Osman & Edwards D, 1992. University of Khartoum Mahas Survey, Nubia: 1990-91 Field Seasons. Nyame Akuma 38: 63-6.

Edwards, D. & Ali Osman, 1992. Mahas Survey Reports 1. (The Mahas Survey 1991. Interim Report & Site Inventory). Cambridge.

Edwards, D. & Ali Osman, 1994. Mahas Survey Reports 2. (The Mahas Survey 1990. Interim Report & Site Inventory). Cambridge.

Edwards, D. & Ali Osman, 1994. 'Survey in the Mahas Region 1990. A preliminary report'. Nubica III: 275-90.

Edwards, D. 1991. 'Field Survey in Upper Nubia 1990'. Universities of Durham & Newcastle Archaeological Reports 14: 17-18.

Edwards, D. 1992. 'Archaeology in the Mahas Region: towards a Regional Archaeology'. Proceedings of the 2nd International Sudan Studies Conference; Durham 1991 Vol.III: 273-81.

Edwards, D. 1994. 'Regional Archaeology: The Mahas Survey '. in Bonnet, C. (ed.) Etudes Nubiennes (Proceedings of the 7th International Conference for Nubian Studies), Vol.II: 55-8. Geneva.

NUBIAN CULTURE/FOLKLORE etc

Sanaa M. el-Batal. 1994. 'Indigenous Water-lifting Devices and agricultural implements in the Nubian region of the Sudan'. in Medani M. M. Ahmed (ed.)Indigenous Knowledge for sustainable development in the Sudan, (Sudan Library series 20), Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum.

Sanaa M. el-Batal. 1994. 'Agricultural system, practices and traditions in the Northern Sudan: A case Study of the Nubian Region'. in Medani, M. M . A (ed.) Indigenous farming systems Knowledge and practices in the Sudan, (Sudan Library series 21), Institute of African and Asian Studies, Khartoum.

LANGUAGE & PLACE NAMES

Bell, H. 1970. Place names in the Belly of Stones.  (Linguistic Monograph Series No.5). IAAS, University of Khartoum.

Hashim, M. J. and Bell, H. 2000. ‘Reconstructing the History of Settlement Patterns in the Mahas: Evidence from Language and Place-names’. Sudan & Nubia 4: 71-78

 

for an important new study of the Meroitic language see this book, by Claude Rilly :-

Rilly, C. 2007. La Langue du Royaume de Meroe, Paris: Editions Champion. (ISBN 978-2-7453-1582-3)


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