Burial traditions in late Pleistocene and early Holocene Northeast Africa: a comparative view

0583875 - ARÚ 2024 CZ eng A - Abstrakt
Varadzinová, Lenka - Varadzin, Ladislav
Burial traditions in late Pleistocene and early Holocene Northeast Africa: a comparative view.
Mikulov Anthropology Meeting III. Abstract book. Brno: Institute of Archaeology Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, 2023 - (Boriová, S.; Herčík, O.). s. 14. ISBN 978-80-7524-067-5.
[Mikulov Anthropology Meeting /3./. 13.09.2023-15.09.2023, Mikulov]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: burial tradition * hunter-gatherers * Africa
Obor OECD: Archaeology
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Was there a characteristic burial tradition (or traditions) among late Pleistocene and early Holocene hunter-gatherers along the Nile? And if so, can we trace formal affinities between the burial tradition(s) along the Nile and in East and Central Africa from where expansion of at least one part of postglacial reoccupants of the Nile corridor has been assumed? We examine these questions based on published and unpublished burial grounds in these regions, including large cemeteries uncovered recently in the Sabaloka Mountains at the Sixth Nile Cataract (central Sudan). Our aim is to ascertain whether and to what extent a comparison of the funerary behaviour and the character of burial sites can indicate an expansion of hunter-gatherer populations or cultural traditions just like material culture or biological traits do.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0351868