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An introduction to the study of (late) prehistoric ground stone artefacts in the western part of Jebel Sabaloka in central Sudan
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SYSNO ASEP 0563221 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title An introduction to the study of (late) prehistoric ground stone artefacts in the western part of Jebel Sabaloka in central Sudan Author(s) Řídký, Jaroslav (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCID
Varadzin, Ladislav (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCID
Varadzinová, L. (CZ)Number of authors 3 Source Title Památky archeologické. - : Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v. v. i. - ISSN 0031-0506
Roč. 113, prosinec (2022), s. 5-44Number of pages 40 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords ground stone artefacts ; Mesolithic ; Neolithic ; subsistence ; central Sudan Subject RIV AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology OECD category Archaeology R&D Projects GA22-10930S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support ARU-G - RVO:67985912 UT WOS 000982537600001 EID SCOPUS 85150368580 DOI 10.35686/PA2022.1 Annotation This study is devoted to stone artefacts made from raw materials that are valued for their hardness, tenacity, and texture. They were often ground, and some tools from this category were themselves used for grinding. In addition to shaping artefacts, they were employed in processing of food, crushing minerals and ores, or as parts of digging sticks. Changes in their functional composition generally signal significant subsistence, economic and social changes. As our research focuses on the Sahel region, which has undergone complex formative processes connected with climate change and radical transformation of living conditions, it is necessary to test diverse approaches to utilizing the information potential of finds from this region. The studied artefacts come from Mesolithic (~9000–5000 cal BC) and Early Neolithic (~5000–3800 cal BC) settlements in the western part of Jebel Sabaloka in central Sudan. We focus on two assemblages from surface collection at the sites of Sphinx (Mesolithic) and Fox Hill (Mesolithic and Early Neolithic). We first provide a critical review of core studies of ground stone artefacts from the region and propose a unified basic terminology. Subsequently, we present a new classification and description system and highlight certain variables which are important to track at the sites. Among other things, our conclusions indicate that although changes occur in the settlement system and domesticated animals appear in the study region in the fifth millennium BC, these changes are reflected neither in the quantity nor in any substantial way in the morphometric characteristics of ground stone artefacts as was the case, for instance, in the Near East. Workplace Institute of Archaeology (Prague) Contact Lada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412 Year of Publishing 2023 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.35686/PA2022.1
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