Exploring Kinship Within a Late Meroitic to Medieval Cemetery in Sudan Using <i>k</i>‐Modes Clustering

Individuals from Clusters 1 and 3 were buried near each other infrequently, which suggests two different kin groups may have intermarried with the third, or one group held a status that allowed identification with the other clusters. Kinship was not a determinant for males with archery items or individuals with incisor avulsion, as they were found in all three clusters. The Qinifab School cemetery reflects temporal organization, a multilocal residence pattern, and a lack of sex stratification for the medieval period.