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DOI Artikel:Żurawski, Bogdan: Banganarti: the 2006 season
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BANGANARTI
SUDAN
BANGANARTI
THE 2006 SEASON
Bogdan Zurawski
The Banganarti expedition completed a season of fieldwork at the site between 17 January
and 20 March 2006.1
The excavation and clearing work, which proceeded in five main areas (cf Fig. 1} was
paralleled by a restoration program focused on converting the Upper Church into a site
museum (the official opening is scheduled for 2009)· This involved extensive cleaning and
conservation, as well as building restoration activities. A number of discoveries of previously
unknown murals and inscriptions were made in consequence.
Specialist study programs this season included a geodetic survey of the neighborhood of
Banganarti; calibration of the original Upper Church plan; aerial (kite) photography;
documentation and revision of epigraphic material; iconological studies; pottery
documentation and studies (see report by D. Baginska in this volume); anthropological and
archeobotanical examination.
An ethnographic survey of the site's environs carried out the author, brought a collection
of oral testimony on the most recent history of the region, especially the early 20th century
Funj/Shaiqiya settlers.
1 Banganarti mission staff in the 2006 season: Bogdan Zurawski, Project Director; Adam Lajtar, epigraphist; Tomasz
Plociennik, epigraphist; Magdalena Laptas, iconologist; Magdalena Woiniak, archaeologist/iconologist; Anna Blasz-
czyk, Mariola Orzechowska, Agata Rak, archaeologists and draftspersons; Dobieslawa Bagihska, archeologist/ceram-
ologist; Marta Momot, draftsperson; Mariusz Drzewiecki, Ada Oles-Niedzielska, archaeology students; Karol Piasecki,
physical anthropologist; Lisa Hildebrandt, palaeobotanist; Tadeusz Badowski, restorer; Dorota Moryto-Naumiuk,
restorer; Ryszard Szemraj, technical assistant, restorer and building engineering supervisor. The geodesic team
comprised Roman Lopaciuk, Wieslaw Malkowski and Lukasz Moczulski. The NCAM was represented by senior
inspectors Ayasha and Fathiya Abder Rahman.
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SUDAN
BANGANARTI
THE 2006 SEASON
Bogdan Zurawski
The Banganarti expedition completed a season of fieldwork at the site between 17 January
and 20 March 2006.1
The excavation and clearing work, which proceeded in five main areas (cf Fig. 1} was
paralleled by a restoration program focused on converting the Upper Church into a site
museum (the official opening is scheduled for 2009)· This involved extensive cleaning and
conservation, as well as building restoration activities. A number of discoveries of previously
unknown murals and inscriptions were made in consequence.
Specialist study programs this season included a geodetic survey of the neighborhood of
Banganarti; calibration of the original Upper Church plan; aerial (kite) photography;
documentation and revision of epigraphic material; iconological studies; pottery
documentation and studies (see report by D. Baginska in this volume); anthropological and
archeobotanical examination.
An ethnographic survey of the site's environs carried out the author, brought a collection
of oral testimony on the most recent history of the region, especially the early 20th century
Funj/Shaiqiya settlers.
1 Banganarti mission staff in the 2006 season: Bogdan Zurawski, Project Director; Adam Lajtar, epigraphist; Tomasz
Plociennik, epigraphist; Magdalena Laptas, iconologist; Magdalena Woiniak, archaeologist/iconologist; Anna Blasz-
czyk, Mariola Orzechowska, Agata Rak, archaeologists and draftspersons; Dobieslawa Bagihska, archeologist/ceram-
ologist; Marta Momot, draftsperson; Mariusz Drzewiecki, Ada Oles-Niedzielska, archaeology students; Karol Piasecki,
physical anthropologist; Lisa Hildebrandt, palaeobotanist; Tadeusz Badowski, restorer; Dorota Moryto-Naumiuk,
restorer; Ryszard Szemraj, technical assistant, restorer and building engineering supervisor. The geodesic team
comprised Roman Lopaciuk, Wieslaw Malkowski and Lukasz Moczulski. The NCAM was represented by senior
inspectors Ayasha and Fathiya Abder Rahman.
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