Estudio arqueoastronómico de la necrópolis Kerma de Abri-Amir ‘Abdallah (Nubia sudanesa)

Javier  Mejuto; César  Rodríguez

Estudio arqueoastronómico de la necrópolis Kerma de Abri-Amir ‘Abdallah (Nubia sudanesa)

Javier Mejuto
César Rodríguez

Keywords: Kerma culture, Cemeteries orientations, Nile River, Nubia, Sudan

Abstract

In this work the orientations of the graves in the Kerma cemetery of Abri-Amir’Abdallah (Northern Province, Sudan) are analysed. A total of 40 burials are studied attending to parameters such as sex and the period when tombs were excavated. Orientantions appear both to the cardinal points and the Nile River.

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2010-01-13

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Mejuto J. . y Rodríguez C. . (2010). Estudio arqueoastronómico de la necrópolis Kerma de Abri-Amir ‘Abdallah (Nubia sudanesa). Complutum, 20(2), 187-194. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CMPL/article/view/CMPL0909220187A

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2009)

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