Unearthing a Middle Nile crossroads – exploring the prehistory of the Letti Basin (Sudan)
Unearthing a Middle Nile crossroads – exploring the prehistory of the Letti Basin (Sudan)
Author(s): Piotr Osypiński, Marta Osypińska, Marek Chłodnicki, Justyna Kokolus, Marzena Cendrowska, Roman Łopaciuk, Beata Piotrowska, Jakub Sobko, Huyam Khalid MadaniSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Local History / Microhistory, Prehistory
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: survey; Letti; early Holocene; Palaeolithic; Neolithic; Kerma;
Summary/Abstract: New research on early Holocene settlement and burial practices in the Southern Dongola Reach focused on the key areas of the Letti region, Argi (adjacent to Affad) and the outlets of Wadi el-Melik and Wadi Howar. The project follows up on ten years of investigations by the PalaeoAffad Project in the Affad region (Northern Province, Sudan). Unique data collected in the course of the first season of fieldwork reopens the debate on cattle domestication and early pottery production in the region (previously classified as the Tergis Group). The new finds, concerning Neolithic and Kerma settlement in the region, enables changes in the currently accepted absolute chronology of prehistoric settlement in the area.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2022
- Issue No: XXXI
- Page Range: 25-60
- Page Count: 36
- Language: English
