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" Inferring the Social Organization of Medieval Upper Nubia Using Nonmetric Traits of the Skull "
Emily Rose Streetman
Fenton, Todd W.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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805037
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TL49878
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2038953682; 10793264
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Hosseini, Saeideh
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Inferring the Social Organization of Medieval Upper Nubia Using Nonmetric Traits of the Skull\ Emily Rose StreetmanFenton, Todd W.
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Michigan State University
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2018
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Ph.D.
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Anthropology - Doctor of Philosophy
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2018
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220
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Committee members: Frey, Jon; Hefner, Joseph T.; Watrall, Ethan; Wrobel, Gabriel D.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-88754-9
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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 <i>D<sup> 2</sup></i> 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.
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Physical anthropology
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Social sciences;Bioarchaeology;Biodistance;Medieval Nubia;Postmarital residence;Social sciences
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Fenton, Todd W.
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Anthropology - Doctor of PhilosophyMichigan State University
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