The Pre-Kerma SeUlement: New Elements Throw Light on the Rise of the First Nubian Kingdom
Publisher
Boston, Massachusetts: TIMOTHY KENDALL
Date issued
2004
In
NUBIAN STUDIES 1998
From page
83
To page
94
Serie
PROCEEDJNGS OF THE NINTH CONFl:R ENCE OF THE INTERNATJONAL SOCIETY OF NUBIAN STUDIES
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present the results of the excavations of the Pre-Kerma settlement, which is
located a few IOlometres away from the site of the ancient city of Kerma. This senlement, which antedates
the Kerma civilisation by sorne centuries, was already organised in a very coherent manner, implying the
existence at that time of a well-organised society. It was probably part of the process of social evolution
that led to the formation of the early Nubian kingdom. The settlement seems to have been abandoned following
the progressive drying out of the branches of the Nile, flowing nearby. The population apparently
then moved and relocated to the west, on the site of the ancient city of Kerma.
located a few IOlometres away from the site of the ancient city of Kerma. This senlement, which antedates
the Kerma civilisation by sorne centuries, was already organised in a very coherent manner, implying the
existence at that time of a well-organised society. It was probably part of the process of social evolution
that led to the formation of the early Nubian kingdom. The settlement seems to have been abandoned following
the progressive drying out of the branches of the Nile, flowing nearby. The population apparently
then moved and relocated to the west, on the site of the ancient city of Kerma.
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