Projects funded by the NCN
Did meroitic rulers build fortifications? Fortified sites and politics in Upper Nubia during the fall of Meroe and rise of the Kingdom of Alodia
2016/21/D/HS3/02972
Keywords:
Nubia Middle Nile valley Meroitic Kingdom Alodia Kingdom fortifications fortified sites
Descriptors:
- HS3_8: Archaeology (incl. archaeology of Greece and Rome, archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, archaeology of Near East, archeology of the New World, pre- and protohistorical archaeology, archaeology of early medieval period, medieval archeology, archeology of modern period)
- HS3_12: Cultural heritage, cultural memory (incl. inventory of monuments and monuments of culture, local history)
- HS2_8: History and theory of art, visual arts, visual culture
Panel:
HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology
Host institution :
Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
woj. mazowieckie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 3
Call: SONATA 11 - announced on 2016-03-15
Amount awarded: 272 742 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-04-19
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-04-18
Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project settled
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