"This dissertation focuses on a small farming community on the fringes of the medieval Nubian Christian Kingdom of Makuria, dating from the mid-fifth to the early fifteenth centuries AD. The medieval Nubian era is characterized by an early period of political unification, economic prosperity, and strong political relations with Muslim Egypt that lasted for hundreds of years. ... In 2006 and 2007 the Sudan Archaeological Research Society and The British Museum excavated three medieval Nubian Christian cemeteries located on Mis Island in the Fourth Cataract of the Nile. This research focuses on a sample of 406 individuals excavated from two of these cemeteries."--From abstract.Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Anthropology, 2012Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-336
