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Kadero
[edit]15°45′28.8″N 32°35′30.7″W / 15.758000°N 32.591861°WKadero is an archaeological site located in Central Sudan, northeast of Khartoum, Sudan and east of the Nile River [1][2]. The site consists of burial grounds and two sand mounds around 1.5 meters in elevation, altogether encompassing around three hectares [2][3]. Kadero was occupied during the Neolithic period, dating to around 5960 and 5030 B.P. [3].
Kadero is one of thousands of Neolithic sites in Sudan, which are mostly concentrated near the Nile River [4]. This site is regarded as prominent because it has provided archaeologists with the first evidence of intensive pastoralism in its area [3].
Human settlement at Kadero was at its highest during the early Neolithic Period, but the area was used as a burial site and a seasonal settlement up to the Late Neolithic [2]. The economy of the people at Kadero was likely one of pastoralism, more specifically cattle husbandry, and gathering [2]. Kadero may have served as a home base for peoples that inhabited a larger area, moving to sites such as Zakiab during dry seasons [4].
The two sand mounds, referred to as the northern and southern middens, contain much of Kadero's artifacts [2]. 248 graves have been found at Kadero, 218 of them dating to the Neolithic period and the rest dating to the Meriotic and Post-Meriotic [2]. Out of the 218 Neolithic graves, only 2 date to the Late Neolithic [2]. Bodies within these graves were buried on their sides, with their hands placed close to the face and their feet close to the head [5].
References
[edit]- ^ Krzyzaniak, Lech (1976). "The Archaeological Site of Kadero, Sudan". Current Anthropology. 17 (4): 762–762. ISSN 0011-3204.
- ^ a b c d e f g HerausgeberIn., Chłodnicki, Marek, HerausgeberIn. Kobusiewicz, Michał HerausgeberIn. Kröper, Karla,. Kadero : the Lech Krzyżaniak excavations in the Sudan. ISBN 978-3-946654-27-8. OCLC 958023023.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Barakat, HalaNayel (1995). "Middle Holocene vegetation and human impact in central Sudan: charcoal from the neolithic site at Kadero". Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 4 (2). doi:10.1007/bf00206918. ISSN 0939-6314.
- ^ a b Garcea, Elena. The Prehistory of the Sudan. ISBN 3-030-47185-3. OCLC 1237448434.
- ^ Dzierzykray-Rogalski, Tadeusz (1977-09). "Neolithic Skeletons From Kadero, Sudan". Current Anthropology. 18 (3): 585–586. doi:10.1086/201961. ISSN 0011-3204.
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