Early Makuria Research Project Remarks on pottery from the recent excavations at el-Zuma

Abstract

The article presents new material excavated during the last season, discusses production technology and surface treatment. Recently excavated material from el-Zuma throws new light on pottery production and its typology, necessitating thus a reexamination of the already known vessel types. Some types of pottery, discovered in 2017, although known from other tumuli excavated in previous seasons and already published in general reports, still need to be reexamined. New types of vessels have also been identified.

Keywords

• el-Zuma
• pottery
• tumuli
• Early Makuria period
• surface treatment
• pottery typology