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Soba - the heart of the kingdom of Alwa. The spatial organization of medieval capital city on the Blue Nile

2018/29/B/HS3/02533

Keywords:

Nubia Middle Nile Valley Soba Alwa spatial organization

Descriptors:

  • HS3_8:
  • HS3_12:
  • HS3_10:

Panel:

HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution :

Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Mariusz Drzewiecki 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 14

Call: OPUS 15 - announced on 2018-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 323 373 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-02-06

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-02-05

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (13)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (6)
  1. Soba - stolica średniowiecznego królestwa nad Nilem Błękitnym
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki
    Academic press:
    Archeologia Żywa (rok: 2021, tom: 29252, strony: 50-57), Wydawca: Instytut Badań Historycznych i Krajoznawczych sp. z o.o.
    Status:
    Published
  2. Survey of Soba (Sudan) Non-Invasive Approach to Study the Urban Landscape of Medieval Capital of the Kingdom of Alwa
    Authors:
    Robert Ryndziewicz, Mariusz Drzewiecki, Łukasz Banaszek, Tomasz Herbich, Krzysztof Kiersnowski
    Academic press:
    ArcheoSciences Revue d'archéométrie (rok: 2021, tom: 45, strony: 111-114), Wydawca: Presses universitaires de Rennes
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.4000/archeosciences.8880 - link to the publication
  3. Isotopic Evidence for Socio-economic Dynamics Within the Capital of the Kingdom of Alwa, Sudan
    Authors:
    Joanna A. Ciesielska, Petrus Le Roux, Erin Scott, Mary Lucas & Patrick Roberts
    Academic press:
    African Archaeological Review (rok: 2024, tom: 41, strony: 271–291), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10437-024-09579-4 - link to the publication
  4. The spatial organisation of Soba: a medieval capital on the Blue Nile
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Robert Ryndziewicz, Joanna Ciesielska, Maciej Kurcz, Tomasz Michalik & Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska
    Academic press:
    Antiquity (rok: 2022, tom: 96(385), strony: 213-220), Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.15184/aqy.2021.158 - link to the publication
  5. New fieldwork at Soba East (2019-2020 season)
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Robert Ryndziewicz, Joanna A. Ciesielska, Tomasz Michalik, Maciej Kurcz, Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska, Rajaa Alamein Adam
    Academic press:
    Sudan and Nubia (rok: 2020, tom: 24, strony: 233-246), Wydawca: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society
    Status:
    Published
  6. Soba Expedition: The preliminary report on the season of fieldwork conducted in 2021-2022
    Authors:
    Drzewiecki M., Ryndziewicz R., Michalik T., Ciesielska J., Czyżewska-Zalewska E., Ryś A., Bebel-Nowak A., Kurcz M., Rączkowski W. & Żuk L.
    Academic press:
    Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne (rok: 2022, tom: 22, strony: 21551), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Śląski
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.31261/SEIA.2022.22.01.01 - link to the publication
  7. The cattle factor. Faunal evidence for the study of social and economic processes in the medieval Middle Nile Valley. Sudan
    Authors:
    Marta Osypińska, Mariusz Drzewiecki
    Academic press:
    Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (rok: 2024, tom: 55, strony: 104513), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104513 - link to the publication
  8. Kilka uwag na temat pierwszego sezonu badawczego w Soba (Sudan)
    Authors:
    Maciej Kurcz
    Academic press:
    Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne (rok: 2020, tom: 59, strony: 151-172), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.12775/LSE.2020.59.09 - link to the publication
  9. Living on the Remains of a Medieval Capital Intermingled Past and Present at Soba
    Authors:
    Maciej Kurcz, Mariusz Drzewiecki
    Academic press:
    Sudan and Nubia (rok: 2022, tom: 26, strony: 212-224), Wydawca: British Museum
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.32028/9781803274096-212-224 - link to the publication
  10. Developing a New Approach to Research at Soba, the Capital of the Medieval Kingdom of Alwa
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Robert Ryndziewicz
    Academic press:
    Archaeologies Journal of the World Archaeological Congress (rok: 2019, tom: 15, strony: 314–337), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11759-019-09370-x - link to the publication
  11. The beginnings of the Alwan capital of Soba in light of new archaeological evidence
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Tomasz Michalik
    Academic press:
    Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (rok: 2021, tom: 30 (2), strony: 419-438), Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam30.2.09 - link to the publication
  12. Islamic glass in the Christian Kingdom of Alwa: Chemistry of shards from Soba, Nubia, Sudan
    Authors:
    Joanna Then-Obłuska, Laure Dussubieux
    Academic press:
    Archaeometry (rok: 2023, tom: 65, strony: 1232-1245), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/arcm.12878 - link to the publication
  13. Overseas imports on the Blue Nile: Chemical compositional analysis of glass beads from Soba, Nubia
    Authors:
    Joanna Then-Obłuska, Laure Dussubieux
    Academic press:
    Archaeometry (rok: 2023, tom: 65, strony: 1018-1031), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/arcm.12863 - link to the publication
  1. Mapping Sudan's Lost City of Soba
    Authors:
    Łukasz Banaszek
    Book:
    Survey & Recording Roundup (rok: 2020, tom: 2019-20, strony: 53-55), Wydawca: Historic Environment Scotland
    Status:
    Published
  2. Soba Past versus Soba Present. An Ethnography of Soba Archaeological Site (Sudan)
    Authors:
    Maciej Kurcz
    Book:
    Haunting Ruins. Ethnographies of Ruination and Decay (red. Valentina Gamberi, Chiara Calzana) (rok: 2025, tom: Material Mediations Series Vol. 16, strony: 163-179), Wydawca: Berghahn Books
    Status:
    Published
  3. Nowe podejście do badań archeologicznych w Soba/Developing a new approach to research in Soba
    Authors:
    Drzewiecki M.
    Book:
    From Faras to Soba. 60 years of Sudanese–Polish cooperation in saving the heritage of Sudan / Od Faras do Soba. 60 lat współpracy polsko-sudańskiej w ratowaniu dziedzictwa Sudanu (rok: 2022, tom: 1, strony: 396-407), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Warszawski
    Status:
    Published
  4. Preliminary report on the season of fieldwork conducted in 2019-2020
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Robert Ryndziewicz, Joanna A. Ciesielska, Tomasz Michalik, Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska, Maciej Kurcz, Mokhtar Maali Alden Mokhtar Hassan
    Book:
    Soba Expedition (rok: 2020, tom: 2, strony: 20455), Wydawca: _
    Status:
    Published
  5. Preliminary report on the archaeological excavation before the construction of the storage house
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Joanna Ciesielska, Tomasz Michalik
    Book:
    Soba Expedition (rok: 2020, tom: 1, strony: 46032), Wydawca: _
    Status:
    Published
  6. Monografia pod redakcją zawierająca 17 rozdziałów oraz 2 dodatki (appendices) napisanych przez specjalistów pracujących w projekcie
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki (red.)
    Book:
    Soba - the heart of Alwa , Wydawca: Peeters
    Status:
    Accepted for publication

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