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By László Török
This guide offers a entire survey of the textual archaeological and paintings old proof for this heart Nile zone - nation of Kush. Basing itself upon the facts and scholarly literature, this paintings discusses the emergence of the local country of Kush (after the Pharaonic domination within the eleventh century BC), the rule of thumb of the Kings of Kush in Egpyt (c. 760-656 BC) and the highbrow foundations and political heritage of the dominion within the Napatan (7th and third centuries BC) and Meroitic (3rd century BC - 4th century) classes.
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93 For preliminary reports on the Survey see Kush 9 (1961) 17-43; 10 (1962) 10-75; II (1963) 10-46; 12 (1964) 216-250; 13 (1965) 145-176; 14 (1966) 1-15; for a list of the excavated sites see Adams 1977 85f. W. Hinkel: Auszug aus Nubien. Berlin 1978. 90 91 INTRODUCTION 21 The Campaign not only dramatically increased the archaeological evidence, it also replaced Ethnic Prehistory with new paradigms. A careful analysis of the archaeological evidence originating from the largest survey action of this century convinced the scholars who entered the Middle Nile scene with the Survey that the succession of archaeological cultures in the region should be interpreted as "successive stages in the cultural development of the same people".
Reports by S. Donadoni-S. Bosticco: Scavi italiani al Gebel Barkal. Meroitica 6 (1982) 291-301; C. Barocas: II tempio B. 1400. ibid. 302-312; I. Vincentelli: La ceramica dei quadrati F 7-G 7. ibid. 313-316; L. Sist: Alcune ceramiche decorate. ibid. 317-321; S. Donadoni: Excavations at Jebel Barkal. Nubian Letters 7 (1986) 9-13; I. Caneva: Excavations atJebel Barkal, 1987. Nubian Letters 10 (1988) 10-13; S. Bosticco: Les recentes fouilles du complexe 1500 au Gebel Barkal. Meroitica I 0 (1989) 777-782; S.
Trigger 1976 11 Off. G. NR 49 (1968) 13 was only theoretically extended into a three-class model also consisting of a "progressive, urbanized middle class" by Adams 1977 288ff. ). , esp. 673ff. He found the best theoretical support for his Nubian discoveries in R. ifOrmations. Ithaca 1953. The change in orientation of the most influential archaeologists of the Campaign is also reflected in Trigger 1989. L. Shinnie: The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia, c. 660 BC to c. AD 600. D. ): 7he Cambridge History qf Africa II.