Gold Miners on the Trail of the Earliest Humans in Eastern Saharan Africa. Investigating the Acheulean and Middle Stone Age in Sudanese Nubia

Masojć, Mirosław; Nassr, Ahmed; Kim, Ju Yong; Ehlert, Maciej; Michalec, Grzegorz; Krupa-Kurzynowska, Joanna; Sohn, Young Kwan; Andrieux, Eric; Armitage, Simon J.; Szmit, Marcin; Kim, Jin Cheul; Kim, Ji Sung; Cendrowska, Marzena; Dreczko, Ewa; Moska, Piotr; Kim, Kyeong Ja; Choi, Yire

Abstract

This research note presents evidence for the oldest Middle Pleistocene Eastern Saharan human activity from the area referred to as the Eastern Desert Atbara River (EDAR), Sudan, which is currently threatened by gold mining. Preliminary results of multifaceted analyses indicate the activity of Homo sapiens during MIS 5 as well as Homo erectus during MIS 7–11 or earlier.

Citation

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. C., Kim, J. S., Cendrowska, M., Dreczko, E., Moska, P., Kim, K. J., & Choi, Y. (2021). Gold Miners on the Trail of the Earliest Humans in Eastern Saharan Africa. Investigating the Acheulean and Middle Stone Age in Sudanese Nubia. Journal of African archaeology (Internet), 19(2), 235-244. https://doi.org/10.1163/21915784-20210003

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Apr 14, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Deposit Date: Feb 9, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 10, 2022
• Journal: Journal of African Archaeology
• Print ISSN: 1612-1651
• Electronic ISSN: 2191-5784
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 235-244
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/21915784-20210003
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1214268