El-Zuma

Sudan • Human • Post-Meroitic / Early Makuria (ca. 350-600 CE)
Tooth enamel

Site & Context

Country / Region
Sudan
Site Name
El-Zuma
Cemetery / Specific Area
El-Zuma
Grave / Feature
T.15 (El-Zuma)
Relative Time Period
Post-Meroitic / Early Makuria (ca. 350-600 CE)
Latitude (DDM)
18.372435
Longitude (DDM)
31.739828
Elevation (m)
269

Material & Specimen

Material Type
Human
Material Specified
Tooth enamel
Bone Element
Element Side

Individual Profile

Individual Detail
T.15
Sex / Species
F?
Age (Text)
21-24
Age Category
Burial Type

Dentition

Tooth Number
M1
Tooth Side
Tooth Arch
Dental Code Abbrev.
Permanent Dentition Code
Deciduous Dentition Code
Dental Code System

Radiocarbon Dating

¹⁴C Material
¹⁴C BP
¹⁴C Cal 95%
¹⁴C Lab Name
¹⁴C Lab ID
pMC
C Amount

Oxygen & Carbon Isotopes

δ¹⁸O (carb, VPDB) ‰
δ¹⁸O (carb, VSMOW) ‰
δ¹⁸O (phos, VSMOW) ‰
δ¹⁸O (drinking water) ‰
δ¹³C (enamel apatite, VPDB) ‰
δ¹³C (bone apatite, VPDB) ‰

Strontium & Chemistry

⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr
0.707182
Concentration Index (CI)
Calcium (mg/L)
Strontium (mg/L)

Collagen & Composition

δ¹³C (collagen) ‰
δ¹⁵N (collagen) ‰
%C
%N
C/N Ratio
Collagen Yield (%)

Record Metadata

Source
Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, I. (2020). Isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating of human remains from El-Zuma. In M. El-Tayeb & E. Czy?ewska-Zalewska (Eds.), Early Makuria research project. El-Zuma cemetery (Vol. 1, pp. 220-227). Leiden, Brill.
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Updated By
Created At
16 Dec 2025, 18:18 UTC
Updated At
16 Dec 2025, 18:18 UTC
Record ID
10