Survival kit for the afterlife or instruction manual for prehistorians? Staging artefact production in Middle Neolithic cemetery Kadruka 23, Upper Nubia, Sudan

The burials at the Neolithic cemetery Kadruka 23 in Sudan have yielded adornments and bone and lithic artefacts that occur as distinct stages of the chaîne opératoire. This article reports on a hitherto unrecognised funerary practice that highlights the importance of craftsmanship for Neolithic comm...

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Autores: Alarashi, Hala, Gourichon, Lionel, Khalidi, Lamya, Chambon, Philippe, Sellier, Pascal, Maines, Emma, Aoudia, Louiza, Anderson, Patricia, Baumann, Malvina, Langlois, Olivier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/251384
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/251384
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Neolithic
Sudan
Mortuary archaeology
Artefact production
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Sumario:The burials at the Neolithic cemetery Kadruka 23 in Sudan have yielded adornments and bone and lithic artefacts that occur as distinct stages of the chaîne opératoire. This article reports on a hitherto unrecognised funerary practice that highlights the importance of craftsmanship for Neolithic communities in life and beyond.