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Shaqadud Archaeology Project – Reconstruction of environmental changes and food resources availability. Introduction to methods
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SYSNO ASEP 0583261 Document Type A - Abstract R&D Document Type The record was not marked in the RIV R&D Document Type Není vybrán druh dokumentu Title Shaqadud Archaeology Project – Reconstruction of environmental changes and food resources availability. Introduction to methods Author(s) Pokorná, Adéla (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCID
Hošková, K. (CZ)
Hošek, J. (CZ)
Juřičková, L. (CZ)
Madani Ahmed, I. (SD)
Unger, Jiří (ARU-G) ORCID, SAI
Varadzinová, L. (CZ)
Varadzin, Ladislav (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCIDNumber of authors 8 Source Title 10th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany. 27th-30th June 2023, Paris (France). Abstracts. Oral and poster communications. - Paris : AASPE, 2023 - ISBN N
S. 60Number of pages 1 s. Publication form Online - E Action International Workshop for African Archaeobotany /10./ Event date 27.06.2023 - 30.06.2023 VEvent location Paris Country FR - France Event type WRD Language eng - English Country FR - France Keywords African Humid Period ; food resources availability ; Holocene environmental changes ; methods ; multidisciplinary research ; phytolith analysis ; reconstruction of humidity and temperature Subject RIV AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology OECD category Archaeology Institutional support ARU-G - RVO:67985912 Annotation Our aim is to detect changes of resources availability in the NW Butana, Sudan, during the African Humid Period (AHP). However, it is still difficult to understand human-environment interactions in Sahelian hinterlands during the AHP, mainly due to generally poor preservation of plant remains in the area (in contrast to hyper-arid conditions to the north, and humid conditions to the south) and due to destruction of the sediments by aeolian erosion. Shaqadud area represents, in this context, a unique prehistoric site with deep, well-preserved, and stratified profiles dating back to the beginning of the Holocene. Prehistoric cultural deposits found in the Shaqadud site during 2021-2023 field campaigns contain, among artifacts, faunal remains (bones), diversity of terrestrial and aquatic snail shells, fragments of charred wood and seeds, as well as abundant and well preserved phytoliths. These finds represent diverse proxies for the reconstruction of ecosystem's development. Moreover, relics of fossil freshwater springs constitute a proxy for reconstruction of humidity and temperature changes. Detailed serial stable isotope analyses, micromorphology and AMS radiocarbon dating of tufa and travertine deposits from these springs provide crucial data for hydroclimatic reconstruction and for in-depth examination of the onset and history of the AHP in the Eastern Sahel. Besides, detailed study of geomorphology, along with botanical and ethnobotanical surveys help to reveal various habitat-types according to their current vegetation composition and diversity. We particularly focused on a specific vegetation-geomorphological phenomenon known locally as el-shataib. The shataibs (steep small canyons draining seasonally rainfall water from the mountain plateaus into lower plains) are associated with the richest vegetation cover and the highest species diversity. These features were selected as particularly important because most of the archaeological sites investigated in the area were associated with them. Workplace Institute of Archaeology (Prague) Contact Lada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412 Year of Publishing 2024
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