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