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DOI Artikel:Drzewiecki, Mariusz: Excavating the curtain wall in Banganarti in 2007
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BANGANARTI
SUDAN
EXCAVATING THE CURTAIN WALL IN
BANGANARTI IN 2007
Mariusz Drzewiecki
Clearing work in 2007 covered sectors IV to
VII of the curtain wall, as well as spot trenches
down to bedrock in altogether 11 places in
sectors IV, VI, VII and VIII. The trenches
were from 1.30 to 4.30 m deep.1 Each sector
was divided into sections and the material was
collected by sections, the number of sections
and their individual length being determined
by the abundance of material. Instead of
identifying concentrations of material, as in
the previous season, sections were subdivided
when more finds appeared. Archaeological
material from the test trenches was collected
by arbitrary levels, each about one meter thick
(hence four arbitrary layers in the deepest
trenches). Material from the baulks was
collected separately and in the case of the
pottery only distinctive sherds were selected.
The organic remains were sampled for l4C
dating, including six charcoal samples.
SECTOR IV
Sector IV encompasses about 38 m of the
curtain wall starting west of Sector III and
ending on the western edge of the excavation
area [Fig. 1]. The north gate is located in the
eastern end of this sector. The wall is covered
by loose yellow sand with little archaeological
material and the further west the excavation
proceeded, the deeper the wall remains were
concealed. By the western edge of the
excavation area they had reached about 2 m
below ground level. The mud-brick walls
evince intensive digging and the inside face
Fig 1. Banganarti curtain wall, general plan
with location of sectors, 2007
(Mapping R. Lopaciuk, M. Drzewiecki)
1 The season’s works have been discussed in detail in rhe author s MA thesis, The defenses of Banganarti seen in the light of
th e fortifications of the Kingdom ofMakuria, submitted and defended at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan in
2008. For the previous season of work on the fortifications of Banganarti, cf. Drzewiecki 2008.
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Polish Archaeology in die Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
SUDAN
EXCAVATING THE CURTAIN WALL IN
BANGANARTI IN 2007
Mariusz Drzewiecki
Clearing work in 2007 covered sectors IV to
VII of the curtain wall, as well as spot trenches
down to bedrock in altogether 11 places in
sectors IV, VI, VII and VIII. The trenches
were from 1.30 to 4.30 m deep.1 Each sector
was divided into sections and the material was
collected by sections, the number of sections
and their individual length being determined
by the abundance of material. Instead of
identifying concentrations of material, as in
the previous season, sections were subdivided
when more finds appeared. Archaeological
material from the test trenches was collected
by arbitrary levels, each about one meter thick
(hence four arbitrary layers in the deepest
trenches). Material from the baulks was
collected separately and in the case of the
pottery only distinctive sherds were selected.
The organic remains were sampled for l4C
dating, including six charcoal samples.
SECTOR IV
Sector IV encompasses about 38 m of the
curtain wall starting west of Sector III and
ending on the western edge of the excavation
area [Fig. 1]. The north gate is located in the
eastern end of this sector. The wall is covered
by loose yellow sand with little archaeological
material and the further west the excavation
proceeded, the deeper the wall remains were
concealed. By the western edge of the
excavation area they had reached about 2 m
below ground level. The mud-brick walls
evince intensive digging and the inside face
Fig 1. Banganarti curtain wall, general plan
with location of sectors, 2007
(Mapping R. Lopaciuk, M. Drzewiecki)
1 The season’s works have been discussed in detail in rhe author s MA thesis, The defenses of Banganarti seen in the light of
th e fortifications of the Kingdom ofMakuria, submitted and defended at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan in
2008. For the previous season of work on the fortifications of Banganarti, cf. Drzewiecki 2008.
342
Polish Archaeology in die Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007