Dr Iwona J. Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin
Status/discipline:
Archaeology
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Current Projects:
I continue my investigations into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Meroitic Kingdom with a new project entitled Crossing Boundaries: Peoples' Movement and the Collapse of the Kingdom of Meroe (300 BC - AD 350), Sudan, funded by the National Geographic Society grant (NGS-61475R-19). This project aims to investigate the genetic background of selected archaeological populations from northern Sudan to infer movement of peoples during the Meroitic and Post-Meroitic Periods (c. 300 BC – AD 600). Establishing DNA profiles of the archaeological populations from Meroitic and Post-Meroitic sites in Sudan should shed light on the impact of demic movements during that time and assist with understanding the contribution of migration to the collapse of the Meroitic kingdom and the subsequent formation of Christian kingdoms. This project is carried out in collaboration with NCAM and the Harvard Medical School.
