Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (1.1988-1989(1990))

ELEVENTH SEASON OF EXCAVATIONS AT KADERO (SUDAN)
by
LECHKRZY2ANIAK

The eleventh season of excavationsatKadero, Khartoum Province, Sudan
lasted from 3rd February through 1st March 1989. Similarly to all previous
seasons, the project was carried out by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean
Archaeology of Warsaw University in collaboration with Poznan Archaeological
Museum. The field party was composed of seven members who were delegated by such
Polish institutions as the Poznan Archaeological Museum, University of Poznan
and the Jagiellonian University in Cracow; in addition members of the Sorbonne
University in Paris (IV) and the Egyptian Museum in Munich (West Germany) also
took parr in the excavations.
The programme of the season included testing of the Neolithic settlement
anditsburialground. In particular, the testing of the Neolithic burial ground
dated to the 5th millennium B.C. was of major importance since it would shed
more light on the social composition of the local human group, its morphology
and demography.
The testing of the settlement midden situated in the northern part of the
mound was executed by excavating a pit of 3 square meters reaching the depth of
0.6m. A typical refuse was found in the pit and its contents (lithic, ceramics,
animal remains) are in the course of studies carried out by appropriate
specialists. Interesting results are awaited from investigation of plant remains
recovered through wet flotation of the soil from the pit.

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