New Book on Research in Nubian Archaeology

Sudan, now split into the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, boasts a rich cultural heritage that has in recent years become the increasing focus of an international community of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians. A new volume, Current Research in Nubian Archaeology: Oxford Edition, brings together papers presented at the 3rd Sudan Studies Annual Conference, a unique forum for interdisciplinary work.

Current Research in Nubian Archaeology: Oxford Edition provides a compilation of papers detailing scientific and archaeological research on various aspects of life in ancient Nubia. Published in July 2022, this volume resulted from the 3rd Sudan Studies Research Conference, hosted at the Ioannou Centre for Byzantine and Classical Studies, University of Oxford in May 2019. The conference provided an opportunity for scholars from various institutions across the world to come together for networking and to discuss their research. The papers in this volume focus on recent fieldwork in Sudan, mortuary practices, pottery decoration, architecture as well as archival material.

The new volume is edited by Samantha Tipper, Siobhan Shinn and Loretta Kilroe.

Dr Samantha Tipper holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Durham. Currently, she is a lecturer and deputy programme lead in the School of Life Science at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. Samantha is a bioarchaeologist and paleopathologist with experience in both academic and commercial sectors. Her research focuses on the health and daily life in past populations, in particular looking at spinal pathology in ancient Nubia. Samantha founded the annual Sudan Studies Research Conference in 2017.

Whoop 🙌 our book is now out! 🙌

Current Research in Nubian Archaeology:Oxford edition.

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— Dr Sam Tipper (@SNTipper) July 26, 2022

Dr Siobhan Shinn is a PhD student at Oxford University. Her research focuses on the application of communities of practice theory to ancient Egyptian data. She currently works as the ceramicist for the Sanam Temple Project and digitises material for serval archaeological excavations.

Dr Loretta Kilroe completed her PhD at Oxford University in 2019. She has worked as a ceramicist on several British Museum and Sudan Archaeological Research Society excavations, including at Amara West, H25 and Kurgus. She is currently the Project Curator for Sudan and Nubia at the British Museum and Honorary Secretary for the Sudan Archaeological Research Society.

The book is available for purchase at USD94, but is currently 30% off as part of a summer sale (USD65.80) until 21 August 2022. For more information or to purchase the book, click here.