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grain grinders, possibly gathered from the
Neolithic site nearby.
The two tumuli can be assigned to the
FCOlb category (corresponding to Welsby
T. VII, according to Welsby 2005: 4, and
type II.4 according to Paner and Borcowski
2005: 112): circular, shallow dome-shaped

cairn. This category is dated by Borcowski
and Welsby (2009) to the Kerrna Moyen
period.
Following the excavations, both cemeteries
can be assigned to the Kerma Horizon
despite the absence of solid evidence in the
form of well-preserved artifact material.

REFERENCES

Budka, J.
2007 Documentation and excavation of dome and crevice graves in Kirbekan [in:] C. Naser,
M. Lange (eds), Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the Archaeology of the
Fourth Nile Cataract [-Meroitica 23], 73-90
Gratien, B.
1985 Sat I, La necropole Kerma, Paris
Paner, H., and Borcowski, Z.
2005 Gdahsk Archaeological Museum Expedition. A summary of eight seasons’ work at the
Fourth Cataract, GAMAR 4, 89-115
Welsby, D.A.
2005 The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. Survey in the Vicinity of ed-Doma
(AKSE), 2004-2005, Sudan & Nubia 9, 2-8

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