Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)

In the area of Kadruka, in Sudanese Nubia, almost twenty Neolithic cemeteries from the Vth millennium BC have been identified. The current excavation at KDK 23 has already provided more than 130 burials, almost all individual. The often plentiful goods consisted in unused objects or even objects mad...

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Main Authors: Philippe Chambon, Pascal Sellier, Aline Emery-Barbier, Olivier Langlois
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/6500
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description In the area of Kadruka, in Sudanese Nubia, almost twenty Neolithic cemeteries from the Vth millennium BC have been identified. The current excavation at KDK 23 has already provided more than 130 burials, almost all individual. The often plentiful goods consisted in unused objects or even objects made for the funeral itself, except for the ceramic pots that played a specific role. Taken from the household, they are mainly containers; the inclusion of additional items such as spoons, small bowls or feeding bottles, inside pots associated with infants indicates that they indeed contained food for the dead; supplies for the last journey.
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spelling doaj-art-91f306969d7f4b92b0168c42c8edadfa2025-02-05T16:25:02ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192021-06-011910.4000/ethnoecologie.6500Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)Philippe ChambonPascal SellierAline Emery-BarbierOlivier LangloisIn the area of Kadruka, in Sudanese Nubia, almost twenty Neolithic cemeteries from the Vth millennium BC have been identified. The current excavation at KDK 23 has already provided more than 130 burials, almost all individual. The often plentiful goods consisted in unused objects or even objects made for the funeral itself, except for the ceramic pots that played a specific role. Taken from the household, they are mainly containers; the inclusion of additional items such as spoons, small bowls or feeding bottles, inside pots associated with infants indicates that they indeed contained food for the dead; supplies for the last journey.https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/6500NeolithicfoodNubiacemeterypotterylast journey
spellingShingle Philippe Chambon
Pascal Sellier
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Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)
Revue d'ethnoécologie
Neolithic
food
Nubia
cemetery
pottery
last journey
title Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)
title_full Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)
title_fullStr Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)
title_full_unstemmed Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)
title_short Nourrir les morts – les poteries associées aux défunts dans le cimetière néolithique KDK23 (ve millénaire av. J.-C., Soudan)
title_sort nourrir les morts les poteries associees aux defunts dans le cimetiere neolithique kdk23 ve millenaire av j c soudan
topic Neolithic
food
Nubia
cemetery
pottery
last journey
url https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/6500
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