Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

FOURTH CATARACT - SURVEY

SUDAN

ES-SADDA 8
Drywall enclosure set among the quartzite
rocks dominating the riverine cultivation
belt {Fig. 3]. The structure is c. 10 m square
with a kind of annex attached to its south-
ern wall. The annex walls are higher than
the rest and the southern, outer wall is
doubled. The sherds collected were not
diagnostic (Christian ?).
The place commands a splendid view of
the Nile and the El Kab fortress on the
opposite bank of the river. There is evidence

of intensive searching, possibly for gold,
since the metamorphic (metavolcanic)
rocks are auriferous. The enclosure could be
connected with a dam that blocked the
wadi outlet. The water from the reservoir
was conducted to the fields down a channel
that is still readily visible. Using water from
the desert to irrigate fields lying in the im-
mediate neighborhood of the Nile may seem
bizarre, but it could be due to the fields
being located too high for either a shaduf
or saqiyah installation.

HAGAR EL-BEIDA

SITE GAZETTEER

SITE NO.
SITE TYPE
PERIODIZATION
REMARKS
COORDINATES
PRELIMINARY
GPS
Hagar el-Beida 1
(=19/2003)
tumulus cemetery
13 tumuli
Post-Meroitic
N19°19’31.0”
E32°45’21.9”
Hagar el-Beida 2
(=16/2003)
tumulus cemetery
c. 100 tumuli,
in clusters
Post Meroitic
N19°19’23.2”
E 32°45’30.1”
Hagar el-Beida 3
(=18/2003)
camp
tumulus cemetery
4 tumuli
Middle Paleolithic
Kerma Horizon?
N19°19’14.5”
E32°45’45.8”
Hagar el-Beida 4
( = 17/2003)
tumulus cemetery
16 tumuli
Post-Meroitic
N19°19’15.3”
E32°45’35.4”
Hagar el-Beida 5
tumulus
single tumulus
Kerma horizon
N19°18’02.4”
E32°44’30.0”
Hagar el-Beida 6
tumulus cemetery
3 tumuli
Kerma horizon
N19°18T1.2”
E32°44’24.0”
Hagar el-Beida 7
fortifications
curtain wall
Christian
N19°18’19.9”
E32°44’10.8”
Hagar el-Beida 8
tumulus cemetery
4 tumuli
Kerma horizon
N19o18’30.6”
E32°44’36.2”
Hagar el-Beida 9
tumulus cemetery
3 tumuli
Kerma horizon
N19°18’39.5”
E32°44’30.7”
Hagar el-Beida 10
tumulus
single tumulus
Kerma horizon
N19°19’04.4”
E32°45’08.4”
Hagar el-Beida 11
settlement
tumulus cemetery
c. 50 tumuli
Early Neolithic
Kerma horizon
N19°19’07.9”
E32°45’13.2”
Hagar el-Beida 12
settlement
scattered
potsherds
Late Neolithic?
Kerma horizon?
N19°19’19.5”
E32°44’54.9”

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