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EPIGONES AND FORERUNNERS - ADAPTATION STRATEGIES OF THE SUB-SAHARAN SOCIETIES IN TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE AND EARLY HOLOCENE. Case study of the region of Affad Basin, Southern Dongola Reach, Sudan.

2015/18/E/HS3/00416

Keywords:

prehistory of Africa palaeolithic neolithic palaeoenvironment Middle Nile Valley hunting strategies husbandry

Descriptors:

  • HS3_8: Archaeology (incl. archaeology of Greece and Rome, archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, archaeology of Near East, archeology of the New World, pre- and protohistorical archaeology, archaeology of early medieval period, medieval archeology, archeology of modern period)

Panel:

HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution :

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Marta Osypińska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 10

Call: SONATA BIS 5 - announced on 2015-06-15

Amount awarded: 1 198 197 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-04-08

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-04-07

Project duration:: 84 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Notebook ACER Aspire V5-573PG-54218G1 Tarr (3 000 PLN)
  2. Komputer przenośny Toshiba Satellite Pro C-70-B-352 lub podobny (3 000 PLN)
  3. Komplenta suita programów biurowych, obejmująca bazy danych Access. (2 300 PLN)
  4. -.
  5. Aparat cyfrowy Canon PowerShot SX50 (1 500 PLN)
  6. Suita programów graficznych Adobe (Photoshop oraz Illustrator). (5 400 PLN)
  7. Zestaw RTK - 2 odbiorniki GPS, kontroler i oprzyrządowanie (tyczki, kable etc.) (40 578 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (5)
  1. PalaeoAffad Project and the Middle Nile Prehistory
    Authors:
    Osypińska M., Osypiński P., Chłodnicki M., Kuc M., Wiktorowicz P., Ryndziewicz R.
    Academic press:
    Archeologia Polona (rok: 2020, tom: 58, strony: 79-97), Wydawca: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.23858/APa58.2020.005 - link to the publication
  2. Affad 3.0. Cattle+ Field Season 2017 and 2018 of the PalaeoAffad Project
    Authors:
    Osypińska M., Osypiński P., Chłodnicki M., Kuc M., Wiktorowicz P., Ryndziewicz R.
    Academic press:
    Polish Archaeology in Mediterranean (rok: 2019, tom: 28/2, strony: 45303), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Warszawski
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5604/01.3001.0013.6888 - link to the publication
  3. Unearthing 6th-century CE occupation on the fringes of the Nile Valley. Closing the PalaeoAffad Project in the Affad Basin (Sudan)
    Authors:
    Marta Osypińska, Justyna Kokolus, Paweł Wiktorowicz , Marzena Cendrowska , Roman Łopaciuk , Marek Chłodnicki , Beata Piotrowska, Jakub Sobko , Huyam Khalid Madani
    Academic press:
    Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (rok: 2022, tom: XXXI, strony: 375-384), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Warszawski
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam31.12 - link to the publication
  4. Wild and Domestic Cattle in the Ancient Nile Valley: Marks of Ecological Change
    Authors:
    Osypinska M., Osypinski P., Belka Z., Chlodnicki M., Wiktorowicz P., Ryndziewicz R. & Kubiak M.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Field Archaeology (rok: 2021, tom: 46/7, strony: 429-447), Wydawca: Routledge
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/00934690.2021.1924491 - link to the publication
  5. Re-examining the age of the Affad MSA deposits in the Middle Nile Valley
    Authors:
    Osypiński P., Burrough S., Skinner A., Standzikowski K.
    Academic press:
    Archaeometry (rok: 2021, tom: 63/6, strony: 1405-1420), Wydawca: Willey-Blackwell
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/arcm.12670 - link to the publication
  6. Oh, My Beloved, Great Bull!" An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cattle as a Marker of Economic and Political Status in Medieval Sub-Saharan Societies
    Authors:
    Marta Osypińska, Bogdan Żurawski, Zdzisław Belka, Piotr Osypiński, Roman Łopaciuk
    Academic press:
    Journal of African Archaeology (rok: 2022, tom: 44908, strony: 45308), Wydawca: Brill
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1163/21915784-bja10022 - link to the publication
  1. Basen Affad, Sudan
    Authors:
    Piotr Osypiński
    Book:
    Gdy Sahara była zielona. Polskie badania nad prahistorią Afryki Północnej (rok: 2019, tom: -, strony: 95-98), Wydawca: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu
    Status:
    Published
  2. New discoveries of the caliciform beakers on the Upper Nile (Sudan),
    Authors:
    Marek Chłodnicki
    Book:
    Festshrift Stan Hendickx, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta (rok: 2021, tom: 305, strony: 165-174), Wydawca: Louven University
    Status:
    Published
  3. Pottery from the Neolithic graves at Affad Basin (Sudan)
    Authors:
    Marek Chłodnicki
    Book:
    Tales of Three Worlds, Festschrift Sandro Salvatori. (rok: 2020, tom: 2020, strony: 255-261), Wydawca: University of Ravenna and Padova
    Status:
    Published
  4. cała monografia
    Authors:
    Marta Osypińska, Piotr Osypiński
    Book:
    Kobs, Aurochs and Clams. Human Behavior in Late Pleistocene Sub-Saharan Africa. The Middle Stone Age in the Affad Basin. Sudan (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: Peeters Publisher
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  5. Upper Nubia and beyond during the Terminal Pleistocene - new premises for the late occurence of the MSA
    Authors:
    Piotr Osypiński
    Book:
    Not Just a Corridor. Human occupation of the Nile Valley and neighbouring regions between 75.000 and 15.000 years ago. (rok: 2020, tom: -, strony: 115-135), Wydawca: Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), Seria "Natures en Societes"
    Status:
    Published