The development of pottery design styles in the Wadi Howar Region (northern Sudan)

Jesse, Friederike

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“…However, it should be noted that fatty acids deriving from plant product processing can contribute more depleted δ 13 C values to the overall fatty acid signature of the C 16:0 and C 18:0 fatty acids, possibly giving a false positive for the presence of dairy products. Nonetheless, the presence of Laqiya pottery at al-Khiday is intriguing as it is thought to be possibly related to a new group that may originate from the Wadi Howar region in northwestern Sudan (Jesse, 2000(Jesse, , 2003. This period at al-Khiday corresponds to the phase when domestic animals are first recorded in the Nubian region, north of al-Khiday.…”

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“…The Mesolithic of Sudan, or Khartoum Mesolithic, first characterized by Arkell (1949) during his excavations at the Khartoum Hospital site (Arkell, 1949) and Shaheinab (Arkell, 1953), lasted at least 3000 years (Salvatori, 2012). It is marked by a wide distribution of sites along the banks and hinterlands of the Blue and White Nile and other early Holocene rivers such as Wadi Muqaddam and Wadi Howar (Hosfield et al, 2015;Jesse, 2000;Smith, 1998). These sites include Saggai I (Caneva, 1983), Umm Marrahi (Elamin & Mohammed-Ali, 2004), Abu Darbein, Aneibis and El Damer (Haaland & Magid, 1995), Umm Singid (Caneva, et al, 1993), Jebel Sabaloka (Varadzinová et al, 2022), el-Barga (Honegger, 2005;Honegger & Bastien, 2009), and El Shaqadud (Marks & Mohammed-Ali, 1991), among others (e.g., Ali Hakem & Khabir, 1989;Caneva, 1988;Khabir, 1987;Salvatori & Usai, 2006, 2009Salvatori, et al, 2011;Usai & Salvatori, 2002.…”

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Wild Food: Plants, Fish and Small Animals on the Menu for Early Holocene Populations at al-Khiday, Central Sudan

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Al-Khiday, located on the bank of the White Nile in Sudan, offers an exceptionally preserved stratigraphic sequence, providing a unique opportunity to use organic residue analysis to investigate diet and subsistence during the Khartoum Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic, a period of nearly 3500 years (7000–4500 cal BC). While the vast and diverse Mesolithic fish assemblage indicates a strong reliance on products from aquatic habitats, floodplains, vegetated marshes, and open water, results from the lipid residue analysis suggest that the fish were not cooked in ceramic pots, but consumed in other ways. Rather, pots were more specialized in processing plants, including wild grasses, leafy plants, and sedges. These results, confirmed by experimental analysis, provide, for the first time, direct chemical evidence for plant exploitation in the Khartoum Mesolithic. Non-ruminant fauna (e.g., warthog) and low lipid-yielding reptiles (e.g., Adanson’s mud turtle and Nile monitor lizard), found in significant numbers at al-Khiday, were likely also cooked in pots. There is little evidence for the processing of wild ruminants in the Mesolithic pots, suggesting either that ruminant species were not routinely hunted or that large wild fauna may have been cooked in different ways, possibly grilled over fires. These data suggest sophisticated economic strategies by sedentary people exploiting their ecological niche to the fullest. Pottery use changed considerably in the Early Neolithic, with ruminant products being more routinely processed in pots, and while the exploitation of domesticates cannot be confirmed by a small faunal assemblage, some dairying took place. The results provide valuable information on Early and Middle Holocene lifeways in central Sudan.

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Wild Food: Plants, Fish and Small Animals on the Menu for Early Holocene Populations at al-Khiday, Central Sudan

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A fluid past: Socio‐hydrological systems of the West African Sahel across the long durée

Coutros

2019

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Since the end of the last glacial period (~12.4 ka bp) the African continent has undergone no less than 30 dramatic climate transitions. West Africa in particular witnessed abrupt climate oscillations-between humid optima and hyper-aridity-which lasted anywhere between 10 and 15 years and a millennium. Such unpredictable shifts forced local communities to develop a suite of risk-buffering strategies that could withstand climate change on various scales. Both archeological and palaeoclimatic research has begun to reveal how these societies engaged with their erratic environment over the span of the Holocene. The adoption of pastoral lifeways, the domestication of cereal crops, and the emergence of monumentality or urbanism may indeed be viewed through the lens of environmental risk-buffering strategies. Yet, these developments proceeded along trajectories that belie traditional narratives rooted in environmental determinism and underscore the unique cultural processes at play, which do not conform to presumptions imported from outside regions. Revised narratives, therefore, must take into account cultural perceptions of climate change, and the localized nature of landscape.

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The Last Hunter-Gatherers and Their Technical Knowledge Accumulation

Garcea

2020

SpringerBriefs in Archaeology

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The development of pottery design styles in the Wadi Howar Region (northern Sudan)

Cited by 13 publications

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Wild Food: Plants, Fish and Small Animals on the Menu for Early Holocene Populations at al-Khiday, Central Sudan

Wild Food: Plants, Fish and Small Animals on the Menu for Early Holocene Populations at al-Khiday, Central Sudan

A fluid past: Socio‐hydrological systems of the West African Sahel across the long durée

The Last Hunter-Gatherers and Their Technical Knowledge Accumulation

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