REPORT ON SURVEYS IN DUWEYM WAD HAJ

• Authors: Hudec Jozef , Cheben Michal , Kovár Branislav
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This article reports on the surveys of “the Slovak research at the Sudanese site of Duweym Wad Haj,” a joint project of the Institute of Oriental Studies and the Archaeological Institute, both of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS). A short survey was carried out at the site in November 2017. Two mosques, qubba and a tell were identified; the tell rises about 5 to 6 m above the alluvial terrain. The western entrance to the older mosque is flanked by hard black stone blocks. Nearby is a worked stone block of the same material. Non-diagnostic pot-sherds were found mainly concentrated on the northern side of the tell. A geophysical survey, documentation of the older mosque and archaeological prospecting were carried out in February 2018; fragments of alabaster, black and red granite and stone industry were identified at the site. The geophysical survey was carried out by a georadar RAMAC X3M system with 500 MHz antenna and processed by ReflexW software. The site was divided up into 8 areas and the individual areas were measured out by GPS Trimble R2. Overall, 11 structures were discovered.

Keywords

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SUDAN; NUBIA; DUWEYM WAD HAJ; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MOSQUE

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 168 – 179

Contributors

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Hudec Jozef

• Institute of Oriental Studies, SAS, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Cheben Michal

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Kovár Branislav