Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

FOURTH CATARACT

SITE No.
SITE TYPE
REMARKS
PRELIMINARY
PERIODIZATION
GPS
COORDINATES
El-Gamamiya 52
church
sandstone capital, red
bricks, potsherds
Christian
N19°20'48.5"
E32°47'58.4"
El-Gamamiya 53
feature
vessels, grinders
stone stela with flags
post-Meroitic
modern
N19°21'01.7"
E32°48'10.6"
El-Gamamiya 54
cemetery
destroyed box graves
(land under cultivation)
Christian
N19°20'42.7"
E32°47'56.1"
El-Gamamiya 55
cemetery
hundreds of tumuli
(12 excavated)
Kerma Classic
N19°20'45.1"
E32°48'09.5"
El-Gamamiya 56
cemetery
single tumulus
Kerma horizon?
N19°20'49.6"
E32°48'14.8"
El-Gamamiya 57
baniya
stone house
modern
N19°20'56.8"
E32°48'18.5"
El-Gamamiya 58
cemetery
two tumuli
Kerma horizon
N19°20'59.0"
E32°48'20.5"
El-Gamamiya 59
settlement
stone house
modern
N19°21'00.9"
E32°48'22.3"
El-Gamamiya 60
cemetery
three tumuli
Kerma horizon
N19°21'03.2"
E32°48'23.9"
El-Gamamiya 61
cemetery
two tumuli
Kerma horizon
N19°21'00.9"
E32°48'29.6"
El-Gamamiya 62
cemetery
several dome graves
Kerma horizon
N19°20'54.7"
E32°48'30.7"
El-Gamamiya 63
settlement
stone houses
modern
N19°21'08.3"
E32°48'31.3"
El-Gamamiya 64
cemetery
single tumulus
Kerma horizon?
N19°21'12.1"
E32°48’33.6"
El-Gamamiya 65
cemetery
two tumuli
Kerma horizon?
N19°21'13.8"
E32°48'40.0"
El-Gamamiya 66
cemetery
destroyed stone
structures, scattered
pottery, bones, beads
Napatan?
N19°21'13.8"
E32°48'43.5"
El-Gamamiya 67
rock art
hundreds of petro-
glyphs: cattle, humans,
giraffes, lion etc.
Kerma to modern
N19°21'18.9"
E32°48'40.5"

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