Archaeological expeditions to Nubia

An expedition of three, including Professor J.H.Breasted, occurred in November 1905.[1] Later Chicago University expeditions occurred in the seasons 1962–63 and 1963–64; excavations between Abu Simbel and the Sudan border.[2][3] The Coxe expeditions occurred in 1907–10 under the direction of D.R.McIver and L.Wooley. A later joint expedition with the Peabody Museum of Natural History sought to protect artefacts from rising water level's as a result of the building of the Aswan Low Dam.[4][5]

Colorado University expeditions occurred during 1963–64. Site 6-B-36 located in the proximity of Wadi Halfa is identified as a cemetery complex. The site activity ranged from 2 to 5 kilometres North of the wadi.[6] The university excavated cemeteries of Meroitic, X-Group,[7] and Christian (Armelegos 1968).[8][9] Site 24-V-13 located at Argin village is documented as containing objects of ceramic industry.[10] Michigan University studied the people of the villages of Abu Simbel and Ballana from 1966–1986 onward.[11] The Tombos expedition led by Stuart Tyson Smith (UCSB) occurred during 2000.[12]

Analysis

George Armelegos (Massachusetts University) analysed dental and skeletal pathology from the Colorado expeditions.[9]

References
  1. "The 1905-1907 Breasted Expeditions To Egypt and The Sudan". Chicago University. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Seele, Keith C. (January 1974). "University of Chicago Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition: Excavations between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Border, Preliminary Report". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 33 (1): 1–43. doi:10.1086/372325. JSTOR 543348.
  3. Seele, Keith C. (January 1974). "Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 33 (1): 1–43. doi:10.1086/372325.
  4. "A new look at Ancient Egypt". University of Pennsylvania. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Nubian Archeological Expeditions". Science. 131 (3413): 1596–1598. May 1960. doi:10.1126/science.131.3413.1596. PMID 17745308.
  6. "Wadi Halfa (6B36)". Catalogue of Fossil Hominids. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. Adams, W.Y. "The X Group or Ballana Culture". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011.
  8. Greene, David Lee (1982). "Discrete dental variations and biological distances of nubian populations". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 58 (1): 75–79. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330580109. PMID 7124917.
  9. Buikstra, Jane E.; Beck, Lane A. (2006). Bioarchaeology: the contextual analysis of human remains. ISBN 0-12-369541-4.
  10. Adams, William Yewdale (1986). Ceramic industries of medieval Nubia, Part 1. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813105000.
  11. Harris, James E.; Ponitz, Paul V.; Ingalls, Brian K. (1998). "Dental health in ancient Egypt". In Cockburn, Aidan; Cockburn, Eve; Reyman, Theodore Allen (eds.). Mummies, disease & ancient cultures. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58954-1.
  12. Smith, Stuart. "Nubia, Survey & Excavations". University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
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