{"product_id":"9789042945401-old-dongola-development-heritage-archaeology-fieldwork-in-2018-2019-vol-1-excavations","title":"Old Dongola: Development, Heritage, Archaeology. Fieldwork in 2018-2019. Vol. 1","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcavations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e      Old Dongola was the capital city of the Medieval Christian kingdom of       Makuria (modern Sudan) from the early 6th to the 14th century. Although       the royal court abandoned the city in 1364, it remained an important       urban center with extensive residential quarters functioning on and       around the citadel hill until the end of the 19th century. An       archaeological expedition from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean       Archaeology, University of Warsaw, has been working at Old Dongola since       1964. A new project, “UMMA. Urban Metamorphosis of the community of a       Medieval African capital city”, funded by the European Research Council,       was launched in 2018. \u003cbr\u003eUMMA (Arab. for 'community') is a       multidisciplinary project conceived of as the first study of the liminal       phases of the Christian African community inhabiting Old Dongola and the       emergence of a Muslim city-state organized along different social and       religious paradigms. The project investigates the impact that the       weakening of the central authority and migrations of Arab tribes had on       the kingdom’s capital city and its community and seeks to trace patterns       of continuity and change on a household level. It is one of the few       excavation projects in Sudan systematically conducted on a       deep-stratified urban site spanning the Funj period (16th-18th       centuries). \u003cbr\u003eThis volume is a report from the first, four-month       season of fieldwork, which unearthed over 20 residential compounds       located within and outside the city walls. The research provides new       data on building techniques and organization of space in the city.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55170252931446,"sku":"9789042945401","price":116.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31633723.jpg?v=1737401669","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789042945401-old-dongola-development-heritage-archaeology-fieldwork-in-2018-2019-vol-1-excavations","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}