The Humboldt University Nubian Expedition 2005: Survey and Excavations on the Islands Sherari and Us

The second campaign of the Humboldt University Nubian Expedition, H.U.N.E., in the Fourth Cataract was conducted from February to the beginning of April 2005. As in 2004, the mission worked in two teams. In the following, the activities in the island part of the concession area will be presented. It comprises four large islands, Us, Sur, Sherari and Shirri, as well as several smaller ones, which stretch over an area of altogether 20 km length

The Humboldt University Nubian Expedition 2006 to the Fourth Nile Cataract: Fieldwork in the island concession

The 2006 field season of the Humboldt University Nubian Expedition to the Fourth Cataract was short and eventful. Due to the political situation, the mission was asked to leave within days after arrival in the concession area. This report relates the results from archaeological investigations undertaken in this short period of fieldwork, during which both the general survey on Us Island and the excavation at US025 of a brick kiln, which had supplied building material to the church site US022, were continued. In addition, the events which preceded our premature departure are outlined in order to offer a chronicle which may one day be of historical interest itself

Understanding Meroitic Pottery and Its Production – Research Design and Methodology of an Interdisciplinary Research Project

This paper describes a project investigating the archaeological remains of a pottery workshop and the associated ceramics at Musawwarat es-Sufra, an archaeological site of the Meroitic period (c. 300 BC–350 AD) in Sudan. It outlines the trajectory of a complex research approach, integrating archaeological, ceramological, archaeometric, ethnoarchaeological and geophysical components in order to make maximum use of the unique potential of the site. By discussing the setup and the trajectory of the project and how the results – expected and unexpected – of the individual components informed subsequent steps and the progress of the overall research strategy, the authors offer a contribution to the methodology of integrated research in the field of archaeological ceramic studies