Exploration of the site of Sphinx (SBK.W-60), Jebel Sabaloka (West Bank): findings of the 2014 field campaign

0502125 - ARÚ 2019 RIV PL eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Varadzinová, L. - Varadzin, Ladislav - Lisá, Lenka - Pacina, J. - Pokorný, P.
Exploration of the site of Sphinx (SBK.W-60), Jebel Sabaloka (West Bank): findings of the 2014 field campaign.
Desert and the Nile. Prehistory of the Nile Basin and the Sahara. Papers in honour of Fred Wendorf. Poznań: Poznań Archaeological Museum, 2018 - (Kabaciński, J.; Chłodnicki, M.; Kobusiewicz, M.; Winiarska-Kabacińska, M.), s. 193-205. Studies in African archaeology, 15. ISBN 978-83-60109-60-1. ISSN 0866-9244.
[Desert and the Nile. Late Prehistory of the Nile Basin and the Sahara. Poznań (PL), 01.07.2015-04.07.2015]
Grant - others:GA MŠk(CZ) EE2.3.20.0289
Institutional support: RVO:67985912 ; RVO:67985831
Keywords : Sudan * Mesolithic * archaeology
OECD category: Archaeology; Geology (GLU-S)

In the autumn of 2014, the Czech interdisciplinary expedition directed by the Czech Institute of Egyptology (Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague) resumed its fieldwork at Jebel Sabaloka (West Bank) explored for remains of prehistoric occupation since 2011. The attention of the mission focused on the site of Sphinx (SBK.W-60), one of this region's most significant Early Khartoum/Mesolithic settlements located on a granite outcrop in an embayment in the northwestern slope of the jebel. This paper is based on the poster communication presented at the 2015 Dymaczewo conference. It provides a brief overview of the source empirical observations and findings of the 2014 field campaign that contribute to the topical discussion on the character of prehistoric deposits in central Sudan and on the possibilities and limits of their archaeological exploration.
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