Population of Nubia up to the 16th century BC

Aleksandra Pudło

doi:10.18778/1898-6773.62.07

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Aleksandra Pudło Ul. PCK 9/35, 81-621 Gdynia, Poland

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.62.07

Abstract

The article presents anthropological characteristics (morphological features, paleodemography and paleopathology) of the population inhabiting Nubia from the end of the Upper Palaeolithic till the 16th century BC. The material basis for this work consisted of the collections of bones coming from the archaeological researches carried out in Nubia.

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