Life on the Riverbank: View from the Mesolithic Khor Shambat (Central Sudan)
[ 1 ] Ośrodek Studiów Pradziejowych i Średniowiecznych w Poznaniu, Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk | [ P ] pracownik
2026
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EN The Mesolithic of central Sudan represents a key phase in the long-term development of forager societies in the Middle Nile Valley, unfolding within the environmental framework of the African Humid Period. Khor Shambat 1, located on the west bank of the Nile in Omdurman, preserves a rare stratified sequence of Early, Middle, and Late Mesolithic occupation. Excavations documented settlement features, dense cultural deposits, and two burials. Integrated analyses of lithics, ground-stone tools, pottery, faunal remains, organic residues, and archaeobotanical data provide insight into subsistence strategies and site organisation during the seventh and sixth millennia BC. The evidence indicates broad-spectrum resource exploitation, intensive fish processing, and substantial on-site food preparation, consistent with recurrent and relatively stable occupation. The KSH1 sequence contributes to regional debates on technological continuity, settlement organisation, and adaptive resilience among Early Holocene communities of central Sudan.
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