Unearthing 6th-century CE occupation on the fringes of the Nile Valley. Closing the PalaeoAffad Project in the Affad Basin (Sudan)
Unearthing 6th-century CE occupation on the fringes of the Nile Valley. Closing the PalaeoAffad Project in the Affad Basin (Sudan)
Author(s): Marta Osypińska, Justyna Kokolus, Paweł Wiktorowicz, Marzena Cendrowska, Roman Łopaciuk, Marek Chłodnicki, Beata Piotrowska, Jakub Sobko, Huyam Khalid MadaniSubject(s): Archaeology, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: survey; Nubia; Middle Nile Valley;
Summary/Abstract: Archaeological sites located on the fringes of the current Nile river valley, 7 km inland, in the Affad Basin (Northern Province, Sudan), explored by the PalaeoAffad Project in the final season of fieldwork under the current grant project, revealed cultural affinities with pastoralism in a semi-desert environment dated to the period between the Meroitic and Makurian kingdoms. Excavated structures included possible drinkers for animals and an infant’s grave found under a stone tumulus.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2022
- Issue No: XXXI
- Page Range: 375-384
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English