Archaeological excavations in prehistoric sites of the Blue Nile areaCentral Sudan

  1. Fernández Martínez, Víctor Manuel
  2. Menéndez Fernández, Mario
  3. Jimeno Martínez, Alfredo
Revista:
Complutum

ISSN: 1131-6993

Año de publicación: 2003

Número: 14

Páginas: 273-344

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Resultados de las excavaciones en dos yacimientos mesolfticos, uno de la zona del río (Sheikh Musta fa1, fechado por carbono-14 en c. 7705-7600 bp) y otro en Wadi Sobo (El Mahalab, c. 7705-6940 bp), y un yacimiento neolftico inicial del wadi (Sheikh el Amin, c. 5555-4590 bp), con análisis exhaustivos de estratigrafías, cerámicas, materiales lfticos y otros hallazgos, usando métodos multivariantes (componentes principales, análisis factorial). Aunque la erosión ha afectado parcialmente a los sitios mesolíticos, se recuperaron importantes datos sobre la evolución cultural regional del VIII al y milenio bp, cuyas lineas de cambio van desde cerámicas nilóticas con lineas onduladas incisas a tipos saharianos con impresiones de lineas rectas y punteadas, y desde puntas de dorso y segmentos estrechos a segmentos anchos que reflejan el paso de la pesca y caza mayor a la caza menor La pesca pierde importancia progresivamente a lo largo del periodo de los tres yacimientos, mientras que la recolección vegetal, inferible a partir de los morteros, aumenta continuadamente para empezar a decrecer al final antes del paso a una economía pastoril nómada.

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