Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies 8: War in the Sudan
- Edited by Henriette Hafsaas
Published on June 27, 2023 by punctum books
- Pages
- 212 pages
- Languages
- English
- Dimensions
- 6.14⤫9.21 in.
- ISBN (Paperback)
- ISBN: 978-1-68571-168-9 (Paperback)
- ISBN (PDF)
- ISBN: 978-1-68571-169-6 (PDF)
- LCCN
- LCCN: 2023940889
- BISAC subject codes
- BISAC: HIS001020, HIS027130
- Thema subject codes
- THEMA: 1HBS, NHH, NHW
Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies offers a platform in which the old meets the new, in which archaeological, papyrological, and philological research into Meroitic, Old Nubian, Coptic, Greek, and Arabic sources confront current investigations in modern anthropology and ethnography, Nilo-Saharan linguistics, and the critical and theoretical approaches of postcolonial and African studies. Dotawo gives a common home to the past, present, and future of one of the richest areas of research in African studies. It offers a crossroads where papyrus can meet the internet, scribes meet critical thinkers, and the promises of growing nations meet the accomplishments of older kingdoms.
The eighth issue of Dotawo aims to offer new insights into violent conflicts and wars in Sudan through time and across the region. Special attention is devoted to research on Nubia. The authors use archaeological, historical, philological, and artistic sources to investigate war in the Sudan from the 4th millennium BCE until the present day.
Henriette Hafsaas – The Role of Warfare and Headhunting in Forming Ethnic Identity: Violent Clashes between A-Group and Naqada Peoples in Lower Nubia (mid-4th Millennium BCE)
Biographies
Henriette Hafsaas is an archaeologist researching the relationship between peoples in ancient Nubia and Egypt from a southern perspective. She completed her PhD thesis titled “War on the Southern Frontier of the Emerging State of Ancient Egypt” at the University of Bergen in 2015. In that dissertation, she argues that warfare was a significant form of contact between Nubia and Egypt during the 4th millennium BCE, leading to the emergence of a distinct Nubian culture called the A-group people in the mid-4th millennium BCE and to the collapse of the A-group society towards the end of the 4th millennium BCE. Hafsaas has worked on various archaeological projects in Sudan, Palestine, and Norway. In Sudan, she has been part of the Medieval Sai Project, which focused on the medieval cathedral of Sai. Hafsaas has published several articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. She is also engaged in ethical dilemmas for archaeologists. Currently, Hafsaas is the Head of Research at Volda University College in Norway, and she continues to pursue her research interests in the past of ancient Nubia and Egypt.
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Genres
- History
- Languages+Translations
Keywords
- anthropology
- archeology
- conflict
- gender studies
- Nubia
- Sudan
- war