Unearthing 6th-century CE occupation on the fringes of the Nile Valley Closing the PalaeoAffad Project in the Affad Basin (Sudan)

Archaeological sites located on the fringes of the current Nile river valley, 7 km inland, in the Affad Basin (Northern Province, Sudan), explored by the PalaeoAffad Project in the final season of fieldwork under the current grant project, revealed cultural affinities with pastoralism in a semi-desert environment dated to the period between the Meroitic and Makurian kingdoms. Excavated structures included possible drinkers for animals and an infant’s grave found under a stone tumulus.