Jebel Moya

Jebel Moya
Wellcome's excavations at Jebel Moya, 1911–1914
Jebel Moya is located in Sudan
Jebel Moya
Location in Sudan
LocationSudan
Coordinates13°30′00″N 33°20′00″E / 13.5°N 33.333333°E / 13.5; 33.333333
Site notes
ArchaeologistsSir Henry Wellcome

Jebel Moya is an archaeological site in the southern Gezira Plain, Sudan, approximately 250 km (150 miles) south southeast of Khartoum.[1] Dating between 5000 BCE-500 CE[2] and roughly 104,000 m2 (25 acres) in area, the site is one of the largest pastoralist cemeteries in Africa with over 3,000 burials excavated thus far.[3] The site was first excavated by Sir Henry Wellcome from 1911 to 1914. Artifacts found at the site suggest trade routes between Jebel Moya and its surrounding areas, even as far as Egypt.[4]

  1. ^ Brass, Michael (2015). Mortuary theory, pottery and social complexity at Jebel Moya cemetery, South-Central Sudan. Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu. Poznań (PL). ISBN 9788360109434. OCLC 955092924. PMID 27359026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Brass, Michael; Schwenniger, Jean-Luc (2013). "Jebel Moya (Sudan): new dates from a mortuary complex at the southern Meroitic frontier". Azania. 48 (4): 455–472. doi:10.1080/0067270X.2013.843258. PMC 4214402. PMID 25400300.
  3. ^ Brass M (1 September 2014). "The Southern Frontier of the Meroitic State: The View from Jebel Moya". The African Archaeological Review. 31 (3): 425–445. doi:10.1007/s10437-014-9164-5. PMC 4851119. PMID 27158178.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).