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Homo erectus on the path to Eurasia. Stratified site's agglomeration of Acheulean tradition in the Arabian Desert in Sudan.

2015/19/B/HS3/03562

Keywords:

Africa Sudan Arabian desert Pleistocene Acheuliean tradition homo erectus

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 :

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych

woj. dolnośląskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Mirosław Masojć 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 905 616 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-06-15

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-12-14

Project duration:: 42 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Project description

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. laptop (7 000 PLN)
  2. odbiornik GPS (2 000 PLN)
  3. zestaw fotograficzny: apatar Sony alfa7R + obiektyw 28-75 mm F2,8 SAM (8 000 PLN)
  4. Telefon satelitarny Thuraya XT-Lite (2 000 PLN)
  5. Quadrocopter Dron Walkera QR X350 Pro V1.7 z wyposażeniem Gimbal 3D, GoPro Hero 4 Silver, Devo F7 (6 500 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (5)
  1. The oldest Homo erectus buried lithic horizon from the Eastern Saharan Africa. EDAR 7 - an Acheulean assemblage with Kombewa method from the Eastern Desert, Sudan
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Kim J.Y., Krupa-Kurzynowska J., Sohn Y.K., Ehlert E., Michalec G., Cendrowska M., Andrieux E., Armitage S.J., Szmit M., Dreczko E., Kim J.Ch., Kim J.S., Lee G-S., Moska P., Jadain M.A.
    Academic press:
    PLOS ONE (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: PLOS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0248279 - link to the publication
  2. Górnicy złota na tropie Homo erectus w Sudanie
    Authors:
    Mirosław Masojć, Ahmed Hamid Nassr
    Academic press:
    Archeologia Żywa (rok: 2017, tom: 1, strony: 58-65), Wydawca: Instytut Badań Historycznych i Krajoznawczych Sp. z o.o. Wojska Polskiego 15c, 62-500 Konin
    Status:
    Published
  3. Saharan green corridors and Middle Pleistocene hominin dispersals across the Eastern Desert, Sudan,
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Nassr N., Kim J.Y., Krupa-Kurzynowska J., Sohn Y.K., Szmit M., Kim J.Ch., Kim J.S., Choi H. W., Wieczorek M., Timmermann A.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Human Evolution (rok: 2019, tom: 130, strony: 141-150), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.01.004 - link to the publication
  4. Gold Miners on the Trail of the Earliest Humans in the Eastern Saharan Africa. Investigating the Acheulean and Middle Stone Age in the Sudanese Nubia
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Nassr A. , Kim J-Y., Ehlert M., Michalec G., Krupa-Kurzynowska J., Sohn Y-K., Andrieux E., Armitage S.J., Szmit M., Kim J.Ch., Kim J.S., Cendrowska M., Dreczko E., Moska P., Kim K.J., Choi Y.
    Academic press:
    Journal of African Archaeology (rok: 2021, tom: 19, strony: 45301), Wydawca: Brill
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  5. EDAR 135 – an early MIS 5 Middle Stone Age horizon from the Eastern Desert, Sudan
    Authors:
    Ehlert E., Kim J.Y., Sohn Y.K., Cendrowska M., Krupa-Kurzynowska J., Andrieux E., Armitage S.J., Michalec G., Dreczko E., Alkhidir M.H., Szmit M. & Masojć M.
    Academic press:
    Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Online
    Status:
    Submitted
  6. Acheulean Bifaces from Khor Shambat, Omdurman (Sudan), Comparative Studies in the Nubian Context
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Gismallah A.H., Michalec G., Gałaś A., Jórdeczka M.
    Academic press:
    Archaeologia Polona (rok: 2020, tom: 58, strony: 39 – 62), Wydawca: IAiE PAN
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.23858/APa58.2020.003 - link to the publication
  7. Homo erectus wschodniej Sahary
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Michalec G.
    Academic press:
    Archeologia Żywa (rok: 2020, tom: 4(78), strony: 45641), Wydawca: Instytut Badań Historycznych i Krajoznawczych Sp. z o.o. Wojska Polskiego 15c, 62-500 Konin
    Status:
    Published
  8. The EDAR Project – Archaeological collaboration outcomes between the University of Al Neelain and the University of Wrocław in the Eastern Desert, Sudan
    Authors:
    NASSR A.H., MASOJĆ M.
    Academic press:
    Der Antike Sudan. MittSAG (rok: 2018, tom: 29, strony: 45488), Wydawca: Sudanarchäologische Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V.
    Status:
    Published
  1. Homo erectus na szlaku ku Eurazji. Aglomeracja stratyfikowanych stanowisk tradycji aszelskiej na Pustyni Arabskiej w Sudanie
    Authors:
    Mirosław Masojć, Ahmed Hamid Nassr, Ju Yong Kim, Young Kwan Sohn
    Conference:
    XX Śląskie Sympozjum Archeologiczne, 24-27 maja 2017 Wrocław (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
    Data:
    konferencja 24-27.05
    Status:
    Published
  1. Paleomagnetic age estimation for the Pleistocene agglomeration of stratified localities (EDAR) in the Eastern Desert, Sudan, NE Africa
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Kim J.Y., Lee Y.S., Lee K-S, Nassr A.
    Book:
    Proceedings of the 23rd Suyanggae International Symposium in Malaysia (rok: 2020, ), Wydawca: Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  2. Acheulean – Middle Stone Age sequence from the Eastern Desert, Sudan
    Authors:
    Masojć M.
    Book:
    Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa: Hominin behavior, geography, and chronology (rok: 2022, ), Wydawca: Springer, The Netherlands
    Status:
    Submitted
  3. EDAR, Pustynia Wschodnia, Sudan (EDAR, Eastern Desert, Sudan)
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Nassr A.
    Book:
    Gdy Sahara była zielona. Polskie badania archeologiczne nad prahistorią Afryki Północnej (When Sahara was green. Polish archaeological research on the prehistory of North Africa) (rok: 2019, ), Wydawca: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu, Poznań
    Status:
    Published
  4. Palaeolithic Hunter-Gatherers of Nubia
    Authors:
    M. Masojć
    Book:
    Emberling, G. & Williams, B.B. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
  5. EDAR 6 - Acheulean site in the Eastern Desert, Sudan
    Authors:
    Masojć M., Kim J.Y., Michalec G., Nassr A., Szmit M., Lee Y.S., Ahn H-S., Kim J-C., Sohn Y.K.
    Book:
    Studies in African Archaeology (rok: 2022, tom: 16, strony: 0), Wydawca: Poznań Archaeological Museum
    Status:
    Accepted for publication