Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan
The site of Khor Shambat 1 (KSH1) is located on the west bank of the Nile, in Omdurman, approximately 5 km north of Tuti Island. The first surveys there started in 2012, to be followed by an expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, which began four years...
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| description | The site of Khor Shambat 1 (KSH1) is located on the west bank of the Nile, in Omdurman, approximately 5 km north of Tuti Island. The first surveys there started in 2012, to be followed by an expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, which began four years later. A series of radiocarbon dates show that Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers inhabited the site between 7000 and 5200 calBC, while Neolithic pastoralists settled there between 5000 and 3800 calBC. The research, carried out in nine trenches with a total area of nearly 180 m, yielded 66 human burials. While most of them were Neolithic and post-Meroitic, two graves found in the central part of the site contained remains of hunter-fisher-gatherers. The paper presents the results of archaeological, anthropological, and bioarchaeological research on the skeletons of the two Mesolithic men. The analyses are presented against a broader background of Early Holocene settlement in Central Sudan. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d7174d28728c41d38b504e8fe4d972552025-02-06T09:05:28ZdeuUniversity of Warsaw PressPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean1234-54152083-537X2024-09-0133Regular Issue377402https://doi.org/10.37343/uw.2083-537X.pam33.0401.3001.0054.6973Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, SudanMaciej Jórdeczka0Łukasz Maurycy Stanaszek1Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology and EthnologyState Archaeological Museum in Warsaw Anthropological LaboratoryThe site of Khor Shambat 1 (KSH1) is located on the west bank of the Nile, in Omdurman, approximately 5 km north of Tuti Island. The first surveys there started in 2012, to be followed by an expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, which began four years later. A series of radiocarbon dates show that Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers inhabited the site between 7000 and 5200 calBC, while Neolithic pastoralists settled there between 5000 and 3800 calBC. The research, carried out in nine trenches with a total area of nearly 180 m, yielded 66 human burials. While most of them were Neolithic and post-Meroitic, two graves found in the central part of the site contained remains of hunter-fisher-gatherers. The paper presents the results of archaeological, anthropological, and bioarchaeological research on the skeletons of the two Mesolithic men. The analyses are presented against a broader background of Early Holocene settlement in Central Sudan.http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0054.6973Central SudanEarly HoloceneMesolithichunterfisher- gatherersburialsanthropology |
| spellingShingle | Maciej Jórdeczka Łukasz Maurycy Stanaszek Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Central Sudan Early Holocene Mesolithic hunterfisher- gatherers burials anthropology |
| title | Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan |
| title_full | Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan |
| title_fullStr | Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan |
| title_short | Two Mesolithic burials from Khor Shambat, Sudan |
| title_sort | two mesolithic burials from khor shambat sudan |
| topic | Central Sudan Early Holocene Mesolithic hunterfisher- gatherers burials anthropology |
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