measure, combined with constant surveillance provided by a nearby
unit of the Sudanese Army, will protect the Kadero site from
potential damage.
This season’s work brought more information on the
Neolithic cemetery and its size, as well as its relationship in space
to the Neolithic settlement middens; it also provided new data on
the demographic and social structure of the Kadero population.
The excavation of the Late Meroitic graves, on the other hand, have
shed much needed light on the burial customs, demography and
social structure of a population belonging to the lower echelons of
the Meroitic society in central Sudan.
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unit of the Sudanese Army, will protect the Kadero site from
potential damage.
This season’s work brought more information on the
Neolithic cemetery and its size, as well as its relationship in space
to the Neolithic settlement middens; it also provided new data on
the demographic and social structure of the Kadero population.
The excavation of the Late Meroitic graves, on the other hand, have
shed much needed light on the burial customs, demography and
social structure of a population belonging to the lower echelons of
the Meroitic society in central Sudan.
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