At the lakeshore – An Early Nubian Complex site linked with lacustrine sediments (Eastern Desert, Egypt)

Kindermann, Karin; Peer, Philip Van; Henselowsky, Felix

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.11.006

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“…Unfortunately, the new dating could not confirm the previous assumption of Late Pleistocene sediments in the central depression of Sodmein Playa, as indicated by archaeological finds of the Last Interglacial from the surrounding elevated wadi terrace (Kindermann et al, 2018). In the uppermost 1.5 m of the central depression, late Pleistocene sediments were not encountered.…”

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“…Based on the current analyses, the previous sedimentological subdivision of the stratigraphy into four units (Kindermann et al, 2018) can now be revised to five units I-V (Figure 2). These before and after this phase of aridity (cf.…”

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“…Geoarchaeological research during the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Our Way to Europe’ (CRC 806; Litt et al, 2021; Richter et al, 2012) tried to overcome this issue with extensive surveys. This led to the discovery of the open‐air site Sodmein Playa, which can be attributed to the presence of specific stone artefacts from the Early Nubian Complex (Last Interglacial) (Kindermann et al, 2018). However, the stratigraphic assessment and the subsequent sedimentological analysis of the central infilled basin, adjacent to the archaeological site, have not been reported yet.…”

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“…Initial hypotheses assumed that an ephemeral lake formed during wetter climate phases, such as during the Last Interglacial (Kindermann et al, 2018) or even later, during the Early Holocene, when people started to reoccupy the area following their absence during the Last Glacial Maximum (Vermeersch et al, 2015). However, since the initial investigations could neither reach the base of the infilling nor determine the time for individual sediment phases, a reliable chronological framework for the basin is lacking.…”

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Rare Holocene sediment deposits from Sodmein Playa (Eastern Desert, Egypt)—Stratigraphic assessment and environmental setting

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Sodmein Playa is one of the rare Pleistocene open‐air sites in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Based on the associated stone artefact material, it could be assigned to the Middle Stone Age/Last Interglacial. However, it has not yet been possible to clarify whether the sediments at the basin originated during the Pleistocene or later during Holocene wet phases. Our integrative approach combining Optically Stimulated Luminescence chronology, and cryptotephra analysis, allows us to link the environmental archive of Sodmein Playa with the site of Sodmein Cave. Sodmein Playa indicates wetter climate conditions starting around 9 ka with a (relative) maximum around 7 ka, in line with the general framework of the Holocene Humid Period in Northeast Africa. Despite the climatic similarity, regional environmental differences can still be identified and the effective available water around Sodmein Playa is reduced. The results are well integrated into the current archaeological knowledge with the change from hunter‐gatherers to herders during the Holocene in the area. Analyses of cryptotephra reveal a wide range of source regions, including Eastern and Central Anatolian, the Azores, and the Aegean, as well as those which remain uncorrelated. A tentative correlation with the Holocene cryptotephra record from Sodmein Cave is established.

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“…These environments are the most preferred natural breeding habitats of competent anopheline malaria vectors (Ondiba et al, 2019). For example, wetland-associated Middle Palaeolithic sites were found at the Shishan Marsh in Jordan (Pokines et al, 2019), in the Schöningen open pit mine in Germany (Turner et al, 2018), in the ancient lakeshore sites of the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia (Petraglia et al, 2011), and the Eastern Desert of Egypt (Kindermann et al, 2018). It is plausible that the network of these Middle Palaeolithic sites was influenced by ancient malaria prevalence patterns (Trájer et al, 2020).…”

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The Possible Time and Region of Host Switches of Ancient Malaria Parasites with Reference to the Pliocene–Quaternary Archaeological Sites in Africa

Tràjer

2022

Afr Archaeol Rev

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About 96% of all malaria deaths occur in Africa, and the malignant falciparum malaria also originated on the continent. Although falciparum malaria only appeared in the Holocene period, it can be hypothesized that the transfer of malaria parasites from other primates to humans occurred several times in history parallel to human evolution. This study develops the model that examines the possible coexistence of the potential original host apes, human ancestors, and the diverse anopheline mosquito species; and how, where, and when the host switch of these parasites from great apes to humans occurred. Based on the Pliocene-early Pleistocene archaeological sites, it was found that certain early hominin populations could have lived in malaria areas where the anopheline mosquito fauna was moderately diverse. The people of the Lupemban Culture, as well as the Greenlandian and Northgrippian human populations of East and West-Central Africa, lived close to the high diversity of anopheline fauna and the territories of such great apes as Gorilla gorrilla. African mid-Holocene cultures likely came in contact with gorilla populations — the original hosts of Plasmodium falciparum — along the coasts of the Gulf of Guinea and the East African Rift Valley during their migration to southern Africa. The host switch of the ancestor of the falciparum malaria parasite likely occurred in these regions.

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Quaternary of Egypt

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2019

Regional Geology Reviews

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At the lakeshore – An Early Nubian Complex site linked with lacustrine sediments (Eastern Desert, Egypt)

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Rare Holocene sediment deposits from Sodmein Playa (Eastern Desert, Egypt)—Stratigraphic assessment and environmental setting

Rare Holocene sediment deposits from Sodmein Playa (Eastern Desert, Egypt)—Stratigraphic assessment and environmental setting

The Possible Time and Region of Host Switches of Ancient Malaria Parasites with Reference to the Pliocene–Quaternary Archaeological Sites in Africa

Quaternary of Egypt

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