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Article Dans Une Revue Antiquity Année : 2004

An infant cemetery of the Classic Kerma period (1750–1500 BC, Island of Saï, Sudan)

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Excavation of a Classic Kerma cemetery in Sudan revealed a number of burials segregated by age, throwing into question a presumed disregard for the burial of the young. Burial rites were varied according to the age of the deceased and show a remarkable concern for the ritual burial of infants and the stillborn
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halshs-00431489 , version 1 (12-11-2009)

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Pascal Murail, B. Maureille, D. Peresinotto, F. Geus. An infant cemetery of the Classic Kerma period (1750–1500 BC, Island of Saï, Sudan). Antiquity, 2004, 78 (300), pp.267-277. ⟨halshs-00431489⟩
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