New findings on the significance of Jebel Moya in the eastern Sahel.
Jebel Moya
Sudan
agro-pastoralism
cemeteries
sorghum
Journal
Azania
ISSN: 0067-270X
Titre abrégé: Azania
Pays: Kenya
ID NLM: 101634377
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Dec 2019
17 Dec 2019
Historique:
entrez:
20
12
2019
pubmed:
20
12
2019
medline:
20
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This paper presents new excavation data and new radiometric dates for Jebel Moya, south-central Sudan. These data suggest revisions to previous chronological understandings of the site. New excavations, initiated in 2017, show a longer, more continuous occupation of the site than has been previously recognised. Archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analyses provide evidence for domesticated taxa. Archaeobotanical evidence is dominated by domesticated sorghum (
Identifiants
pubmed: 31853153
doi: 10.1080/0067270X.2019.1691845
pmc: PMC6920046
mid: EMS85163
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
425-444Subventions
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 090865
Pays : United Kingdom
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