Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

OLD DONGOLA

SUDAN

As for the palace at Dongola, cattle there
achieved the highest share — 73% and 51%.
The share of pig was comparable in all three
assemblages: 3.5% in the monastery, 5.8%,

3.6% and 3% at Banganarti, and 5% in the
palace at Dongola [Fig. 2}.
The distribution by units in the
monastery is as follows:

Table 1. Anatomical make-up of faunal remains from the SWE sector of the monastery site in Old
Dongola (Kom H)

Species
Fragments
Percentage
Sheep/goat Ovis orientalis f domestica / Capra aegagrus f domestica
114
57.86
Cattle Bosprimigeniusf. domestica
70
35.53
Pig Sus scrofa f. domestica
7
3.55
Dog Canis lupus f domestica
3
1.52
Camel Camelus dromedarius f domestica
2
1.01
Horse/donkey Equuidae
1
0.50
TOTAL
197
100


100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Kom H

Banganarti Kom A

□ pig
U cattle
Θ sheep/ goat

Fig. 2. Percentage share of sheep!goat, cattle and pig in the faunal material from the Old Dongola
monastery site (Kom H), the palace site on the Old Dongola citadel (Kom A), and the
Banganarti church

378