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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

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Mariusz Drzewiecki 

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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  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (3)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (4)
  1. Forts of North Omdurman: First season of fieldwork in Hosh el-Kab and Abu Nafisa
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Aneta Cedro, Robert Ryndziewicz, Elmontaser Dafaalla Mohamed Elamin Elmoubark, Włodzimierz Rączkowski
    Academic press:
    Sudan and Nubia (rok: 2018, tom: 22, strony: 127-141), Wydawca: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society
    Status:
    Published
  2. New insights into the history of early Alwa based on the recent archaeological research in Umm Marrahi, Hosh el-Kab and Abu Nafisa forts (Khartoum Province)
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Aneta Cedro
    Academic press:
    Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa , Wydawca: Routledge
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  3. Baraka z głębi kamienia czyli o niecodziennym wykorzystaniu stanowiska archeologicznego
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki
    Academic press:
    Archeologia Żywa (rok: 2019, tom: 72(2), strony: 66-73), Wydawca: Instytut Badań Historycznych i Krajobrazowych Sp. z o.o.
    Status:
    Published
  4. Recent research at Jebel Umm Marrahi (Khartoum Province)
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki, Aneta Cedro
    Academic press:
    Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V (rok: 2019, tom: 30, strony: 117-130), Wydawca: Sudanarchäologische Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V.
    Status:
    Published
  5. Zagadka trzech fortów w sercu Afryki
    Authors:
    Mariusz Drzewiecki
    Academic press:
    Archeologia Żywa (rok: 2018, tom: 1 (67), strony: 62-67), Wydawca: Instytut Badań Historycznych i Krajobrazowych Sp. z o.o.
    Status:
    Published