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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107953
	New radiocarbon dates for postglacial reoccupation of the Sudanese Nile
	Varadzinova, Lenka; Varadzin, Ladislav; Ambrose, Stanley H.
通讯作者	Varadzinová, L
来源期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
EISSN	1873-457X
出版年	2023
卷号	303
英文摘要	Radiocarbon dates from secure cultural contexts along the Sudanese Nile are crucial for understanding the potential role of the Nile as a corridor for postglacial human dispersal across northern Africa. Dates from this region show reoccupation of the Sudanese Nile south of the Second Nile Cataract was delayed by 0.4-0.7 ka compared with the Sahara, where a dramatic increase in the number of radiocarbon dates suggests a massive colonisation of the previously hyper-arid region as early as 10.9-10.6 ka. We present a series of 44 radiocarbon dates from the site of Sphinx at the Sixth Nile Cataract in central Sudan that moves the beginnings of postglacial reoccupation of the Sudanese Nile from 10.2 to 10.7 ka and syn-chronizes occupation here with the first wave of early Holocene human expansion across northern Af-rica. These new dates support the role of the Nile as a corridor for expansion from sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to radiocarbon dates, this study also presents evidence for expansion from material culture. Our data show that the early Holocene Early Khartoum culture, which includes one of the earliest pottery traditions in Africa, appears in central Sudan as a package and may have been brought into the region from unknown settlement enclaves located further to the south, possibly in the upper White Nile or Blue Nile. The four-millennia-long and nearly continuous sequence of dates from Sphinx attests to stability of hunter-gatherer settlement around the Sixth Nile Cataract. It also suggests adaptability and resilience of local hunter-gatherers in the face of climatic and environmental fluctuations that affected northern Africa during the early to middle Holocene.(c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Postglacial human expansion Northern Africa Holocene Early Khartoum culture Hunter-fisher-gatherers Geochronology Ostrich eggshell Tooth enamel
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000932770200001
WOS关键词	HUMAN OCCUPATION ; HOLOCENE ; SAHARA ; REGION ; VALLEY ; PERIOD
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/398200
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Varadzinova, Lenka,Varadzin, Ladislav,Ambrose, Stanley H.. New radiocarbon dates for postglacial reoccupation of the Sudanese Nile[J],2023,303.
APA	Varadzinova, Lenka,Varadzin, Ladislav,&Ambrose, Stanley H..(2023).New radiocarbon dates for postglacial reoccupation of the Sudanese Nile.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,303.
MLA	Varadzinova, Lenka,et al."New radiocarbon dates for postglacial reoccupation of the Sudanese Nile".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 303(2023).