Na kolejnym seminarium PCMA zaprezentowane zostanie wystąpienie pt. „Textiles, coffins, and bones from the Cemetery A in Naqlun: Research in progress”. Jego autorami są dr Robert Mahler, Barbara Czaja oraz Iwona Zych.
Abstrakt: „The so-called Cemetery A is one of the most prominent features discovered in Naqlun since the beginning of the archaeological works undertaken on the site in 1986. Located on the upper plateau at the foot of the Jebel el‑Naqlun, the cemetery intertwined with the ruins of the central complex of the semi-anachoretic monastery established there most probably in the 5/6th century CE. The first graves appeared on the plateau most probably in the 11th century CE and the upper horizon for the last burial there is now provisionally set to the 13th century. A substantial part of the cemetery was excavated along the remains of the buildings constituting the focal point of the research at the site hence the relatively high number of more than five hundred graves unearthed so far.
In our research we aim to reconstruct the history of Cemetery A and the community that buried its dead there. We would like to present the current state and potential of the work conducted by combining the results of studies of the most numerous categories of finds which are: textiles, coffins, and human skeletal remains.”
Bieżące prace terenowe na Cmentarzu A w Naqlun są finansowane z grantu Narodowego Centrum Nauki SONATA 18 (2022/47/D/HS3/02162) – szczegóły (LINK).
Seminarium odbędzie się 18 stycznia o godzinie 11.00 na platformie Zoom. Chętnych do wzięcia udziału prosimy o napisanie maila na adres: pcma@uw.edu.pl
Czytaj więcej o Naqlun (LINK)