The Shaqadud Archaeological Project (Sudan): exploring prehistoric cultural adaptations in the Sahelian hinterlands

Varadzin, Ladislav; Varadzinová, Lenka; Abdallah, Altayeb; Abdallah, Boshra Abdallah; Abdalla Mohammed, Mustafa; Ambrose, Stanley H.; Burgert, Pavel; Černý, Martin; D'Ercole, Giulia; Fuller, Dorian Q. ; Garcea, Elena A.A. ; Hošek, Jan; Hošková, Kristýna; Jones, Mica B.; Kapustka, Katarína; Madani Ahmed, Ikram; McCool, Jon-Paul; Mohamed Hamdeen, Hamad; Novák, Jan; Pokorná, Adéla; Pokorný, Petr; Řídký, Jaroslav and Unger, Jiří (2023): The Shaqadud Archaeological Project (Sudan): exploring prehistoric cultural adaptations in the Sahelian hinterlands. In: Antiquity, Vol. 97, No. 391, e2: pp. 1-7

Abstract

The authors present preliminary results from a new research project based in Jebel Shaqadud, Sudan. Their findings highlight the potential for this region's archaeological record to expand our understanding of the adaptation strategies used by human groups in arid north-east African environments away from rivers and lakes during the Holocene. Furthermore, they present exceptionally early radiocarbon dates that push postglacial human occupation in the eastern Sahel back to the twelfth millennium BP.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Cultural Studies > Department of Ancient and Modern Cultures > Egyptology
• Subjects: 900 History and geography > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
• ISSN: 0003-598X
• Annotation: Published online: 06 December 2022
• Language: English
• DFG: Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - 491502892