Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (13.2001(2002))

KADERO

SUDAN

KADERO
PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2001
Lech Krzyzaniak

The 2001 season at Kadero was the sixteenth at this site. It should be noted that the
excavations have proceeded bi-annually since the 1980s in an effort to maximize staff
resources and logistics, and to be able to carry on different kinds of field research. The project
this season was conducted by the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw University, in
association with the Poznan Archaeological Museum. 1 2')
Campaign objectives at Kadero included continued excavations of the Neolithic burial
ground with emphasis on recovering macrobotanical remains from grave pits and studying the
Neolithic human remains, as well as an investigation of the geomorphology and geology of
the Kadero mound and its neighborhood. The season started on Nove?nber 5 and terminated
on December 7, 2001.2>

1) The field party comprised Prof. Prof. Lech Krzyzaniak, director and archaeologist, Michal Kobusiewicz, archaeologist,
Maria Kaczmarek, physical anthropologist, and Wojciech Stankowski, geomorphologist; Dr. Karla Kroeper, archaeologist;
Messrs. Przemyslaw Bobrowski and Maciej Jordeczka, archaeologists; Abdel Hai Abdel Sawi, geomorphologist; Ms Paulina
Lis and Ms Alena Iwanowska, students of archaeology. The National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums was
represented at the site by Ms Khalda Abdel Rahman Hamid.
The University of Poznan and Poznan Archaeological Museum have contributed significantly to the funding of the project
this year.
2) L. Krzyzaniak, PAM XI, Reports 1999 (2000), 223-226 (also earlier references).

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