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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Late Quaternary environments and prehistoric occupation in the lower White Nile valley, central Sudan |
Author: | Williams, M.A.J. Usai, D. Salvatori, S. Williams, F.M. Zerboni, A. Maritan, L. Linseele, V. |
Citation: | Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal, 2015; 130:72-88 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 0277-3791 1873-457X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Martin A.J. Williams, Donatella Usai, Sandro Salvatori, Frances M. William, Andrea Zerbonid, Lara Maritan, Veerle Linseele |
Abstract: | Despite the major contributions provided over fifty years ago by A.J. Arkell and J.D. Tothill to our understanding of late Quaternary environments and prehistoric occupation near the confluence of the Blue and White Nile in central Sudan, three key questions have remained unresolved since then. (a) Was the decline in Nile flood levels from early Holocene times onwards caused by a reduction in Nile discharge, or by channel incision, or both? (b) Was the regional climate wetter during times of high Nile floods and drier during times of low Nile floods? (c) Given the high degree of disturbance of Mesolithic and later prehistoric sites, is it possible to identify primary-context, stratified and undisturbed occupation? Drawing upon dated evidence from three sites to the east of and three to the west of the lower White Nile, we provide a qualified answer to the first question and documented affirmative answers to the second and third questions. |
Keywords: | White Nile; Sudan; quaternary; holocene; mesolithic; neolithic; Lakes Dunes; climate change |
Rights: | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.007 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0878058 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.007 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Geology & Geophysics publications |
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