The archaeology of Sudan and Nubia

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2007, Pages 211-228

  Edwards, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nubian; Regional interaction; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURAL TRADITION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MEDIEVAL; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL POWER; RELIGION; SOCIAL HISTORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 36049034373     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.36.081406.094305     Document Type: Review

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