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An infant cemetery of the Classic Kerma period (1750–1500 BC, Island of Saï, Sudan): Un cimetière d'...

An infant cemetery of the Classic Kerma period (1750–1500 BC, Island of Saï, Sudan): Un cimetière d'...

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An infant cemetery of the Classic Kerma period (1750–1500 BC, Island of Saï, Sudan): Un cimetière d'enfant de la période Kerma classique (1750-1500 BC, Ile de Saï, Soudan)

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An infant cemetery of the Classic Kerma period (1750–1500 BC, Island of Saï, Sudan): Un cimetière d'enfant de la période Kerma classique (1750-1500 BC, Ile de Saï, Soudan)

Publisher

Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Antiquity, 2004, Vol.78 (300), p.267-277

Language

English

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Antiquity Publications/Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Excavation of a Classic Kerma cemetery in Sudan revealed a number of burials segregated by age, throwing into question a presumed disregard for the burial of the young. Burial rites were varied according to the age of the deceased and show a remarkable concern for the ritual burial of infants and the stillborn

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Full title

An infant cemetery of the Classic Kerma period (1750–1500 BC, Island of Saï, Sudan): Un cimetière d'enfant de la période Kerma classique (1750-1500 BC, Ile de Saï, Soudan)

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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_halshs_00431489v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_halshs_00431489v1

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ISSN

0003-598X

E-ISSN

1745-1744

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