ABSTRACT Burials in pots are one of the most intriguing and at the same time most widespread funeral practices in the prehistoric world. The oldest examples probably originate from the northern Levant where they occur in the Pottery Neolithic at the end of the seventh and in the early sixth millennia BC. The tradition was introduced into Egypt relatively late, most likely around 3500 BC, but appears a little earlier further south in central Sudan, where three instances have previously been reported from Late Neolithic sites in the Shendi Reach. This paper reports on an additional four pot burial graves of infants excavated in 2017 at Khor Shambat near Omdurman. Found next to a post-Meroitic grave, they date to the Early Neolithic and were accompanied by relatively abundant burial goods. The placement of parts of the same vessel in two different graves suggests a close chronological relationship between them, while vessel type and a radiocarbon date indicate an age of around 4400–4100 cal. BC. These burials may have been part of a protective ritual for the remains of very young (pre-initiated) individuals.

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来世的重生：苏丹科尔·沙姆巴特的新石器时代墓葬

摘要埋葬是史前世界上最有趣的葬礼之一。最古老的例子可能来自黎凡特北部，它们发生在公元前七世纪末和六千年初的新石器时代陶器中。该传统是在较晚的时候引入埃及的，最有可能是在公元前3500年左右，但是在苏丹中部的南部更早一些出现，以前在申迪河段的新石器时代晚期据报道有三例。本文报道了2017年在Omdurman附近的Khor Shambat挖出的另外四个婴儿坟墓。它们发现于后摩洛纪之后的墓旁，可追溯至新石器时代早期，并伴有相对丰富的墓葬品。同一艘船的各部分放置在两个不同的坟墓中表明它们之间的年代关系密切，而船的类型和放射性碳年代表明其年龄约为4400–4100 cal。公元前。这些葬礼可能已经成为非常年轻（预先发起）的个人遗体的保护性仪式的一部分。