DOI issue:
Sudan
DOI article:Tayeb, Mahmoud el-: Early Makuria research project. El-Zuma excavations: preliminary report on the second season, 2007
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42093#0475
MtoM - EL-ZUMA
SUDAN
and most effective way of exploring a mound
in this state is to position a rectangular or
square test pit centrally on the top of the
mound, provided that the excavator is aware
of the whereabouts of the shaft. In this case,
a pit measuring 10 x 10 m was dug to a depth
of about 1 m, thereafter diminished to 10 x
8 m and ultimately to 8 x 6 m (the longer
laidA;
Plan of the site
100 m
tumulus type 2
Fig 2. Topographical map of the cemetery
(Drawing Yassin Mohamed Saeed, modified by VVMalkowski)
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
469
SUDAN
and most effective way of exploring a mound
in this state is to position a rectangular or
square test pit centrally on the top of the
mound, provided that the excavator is aware
of the whereabouts of the shaft. In this case,
a pit measuring 10 x 10 m was dug to a depth
of about 1 m, thereafter diminished to 10 x
8 m and ultimately to 8 x 6 m (the longer
laidA;
Plan of the site
100 m
tumulus type 2
Fig 2. Topographical map of the cemetery
(Drawing Yassin Mohamed Saeed, modified by VVMalkowski)
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
469