The New Kingdom population on Sai Island: application of Sr Isotopes to investigate cultural entanglement in ancient Nubia

Sr isotopes were applied to identify possible allochthony of skeletal remains retrieved from Tomb 26 of the pharaonic cemetery SAC5 on Sai Island (Nubia). Tooth enamel of nine individuals, including the Overseer of Goldsmiths Khummose and his presumed ‘wife’, dating from the New Kingdom, were invest...

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Authors: Retzmann, Anika (Author) ; Budka, Julia 1977- (Author) ; Sattmann, Helmut (Author) ; Irrgeher, Johanna (Author) ; Prohaska, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2019]
In: Ägypten und Levante
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Pages: 354-379
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sudan / Nubia / Egypt (Antiquity) / History 1550 BC-1070 BC / Isotopenhäufigkeit / Cultural identity
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B New Kingdom
B Nubia
B cultural entanglement
B Sudan
B Egypt
B Sr isotope ratio analysis
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