Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (12.2000(2001))

DONGOLA REACH

SUDAN

DONGOLA REACH
THE SOUTHERN DONGOLA REACH SURVEY
REPORT ON FIELDWORK IN 2000
Bogdan Zurawski

The Southern Dongola Reach Survey (SDRS) is a joint project of the Research Center for
Mediterranean Archaeology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the National Corporation
of Antiquities and Museums of the Republic of Sudan, inaugurated in 1997 and supported
by the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw University, the Research Center for
Mediterranean Archaeology and the Poznan Archaeological Museum. On January 24,
2000, the team took to the field to carry out the third season of fieldwork. The survey and
excavation work on both banks of the river between Ed-Diffar and Ez-Zuma were completed
on March 14, 2000.
1) The SDRS 2000 team headed by the author included: Ms Joanna Kociankowska, archaeologist and documentalist;
Mr. Piotr Osypinski, archaeologist (lithics); Mr. Kazimierz Kotlewski, archaeologist and photographer. The staff was aided
by a small but efficient group of students of archaeology comprising Ms Edyta Klimaszewska, Mr. Maciej Kurcz and
Mr. Bartlomiej Malec. The National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) was represented by senior inspector
Mr. Mahmoud Suleyman, whose professional competence and assistance were the mission's most prized assets. Dr. Adam
Eajtar's brief visit was put to good account in the copying of the graffiti from the so-called Anachorite Grotto in Ez-Zuma.
Mr. Marcin Kydrynski recorded on film the Mission's travails.
The most cordial thanks to Heidelberg Polska for a contribution that helped to keep body and soul together while in
Sudan.

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