عنوان

Inferring the Social Organization of Medieval Upper Nubia Using Nonmetric Traits of the Skull

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TL49878

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Inferring the Social Organization of Medieval Upper Nubia Using Nonmetric Traits of the Skull

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Emily Rose Streetman

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Fenton, Todd W.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Michigan State University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

220

Text of Note

Committee members: Frey, Jon; Hefner, Joseph T.; Watrall, Ethan; Wrobel, Gabriel D.

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-88754-9

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Anthropology - Doctor of Philosophy

Body granting the degree

Michigan State University

Text preceding or following the note

2018

Text of Note

Medieval Nubia was composed of three kingdoms located along the Middle Nile. Although biological distance (biodistance) research has demonstrated population continuity in this region, little is known about the population structure or social organization in any single era. The Medieval Period (550-1500 CE) was a particularly dynamic one in Nubia, since all three kingdoms converted to Christianity in the mid-sixth century CE, and neighboring polities converted to Islam a century later. The political ramifications of these conversions have been studied at a large scale, but little research has investigated the local processes that comprise social organization during this time. Minimal research has used contemporary populations to analyze regional, local, and family level social organization in Nubia. Biodistances were investigated through nonmetric traits of the skull in six cemeteries from three archaeologically defined sites in modern northern Sudan, using Mahalanobis D ² distance, among other statistical tests. The six cemeteries in this study are from Mis Island (three cemeteries), Kulubnarti (two cemeteries), and Gabati (one cemetery). Mis Island and Kulubnarti were part of the same kingdom (Makuria) from the seventh century on, while Gabati was part of the far Upper Nubian kingdom of Alwa.

Physical anthropology

Subject Term

Social sciences;Bioarchaeology;Biodistance;Medieval Nubia;Postmarital residence;Social sciences

Hosseini, Saeideh

Fenton, Todd W.

Subdivision

Anthropology - Doctor of Philosophy

Michigan State University

Call Number

2038953682; 10793264

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[Thesis]

276903

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