Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

FOURTH CATARACT - SURVEY

SUDAN

FOURTH CATARACT
EXCAVATIONS AT ES-SADDA AND HAGAR
EL-BEIDA, SURVEY BETWEEN ES-SADDA AND
SHEMKHIYA: TWO SEASONS OF WORK IN 2005

Marek Chiodnicki, Marek Lemiesz, Anna Longa,
Piotr Osypinski, Michai Sip

The first season of excavations on the concession of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean
Archaeology of Warsaw University in the Fourth Cataract region took place in January-
Marclo 2005; the sites investigated were the tumuli fields at Es-Sadda 1 and Hagar el-Beida
1, 2 and 3d The archaeological survey of the area around Es-Sadda and Hagar el-Beida
villages was continued, identifying two new sites in Es-Sadda and 14 in Hagar el-Beida.
This was coupled with ethnological and geological surveys of the region.
The team returned in the autumn (November-December 2005) to complete another season
of work.1 2 3 Excavations at the es-Sadda 1 and Hagar el-Beida 2 sites were continued, and
Hagar el-Beida 11 was tested. A detailed survey of es-Sadda and Hagar el-Beida was
continued, identifying another 23 sites (Es-Sadda 13-33, Hagar el-Beida 39-40). Eight
more sites in Gamamiya and seven more in Shemkhiya were discovered while the team
commuted between Hagar el-Beida and Shemkiya.
The following contributions have been arranged by sites. Preceding the reports is a site
gazetteer complementing the list already presented in last year's reports

1 The ream was headed by Dr. Marek Chiodnicki, Director; and three field-directors: Mr. Piotr Osypinski (Es-Sadda 1), Ms Anna Longa
(Hagar el-Beida 2) and Mr. Marek Lemiesz (Hagar el-Beida 1 and 3); the staff comprised: Ms Marta Osypinska, archezoologist; Dr. Pawel
Wilkosz, Mr. Robert Radaszewski, geologists; Mr. Piotr Malinski, ethnologist; Ms Maria Czarnecka, Mr. Mariusz Drzewiecki, Mr.
Krzysztof Garwolinski, Mr. Malgorzata Horzemska, Ms Martyna Mazur, Mr. Pawel Polkowski, Mr. Marcin Sawicki, Mr. Boguslaw Stec,
students of archaeology from Poznan University. The National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums was represented by inspector Mr.
Yahiya Berima Ahmed. The excavations were financed by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University and the
Patrimonium Foundation, Poznan.
2 The team was headed by Dr. Marek Chiodnicki, Director; and three field directors: Mr. Piotr Osypinski (Es-Sadda 1), Ms Anna Longa
(Hagar el-Beida 2) and Mr. Michai Sip (Hagar el-Beida 11); the staff comprised: Mrs. Joanna D^bowska, Ms Iwona Marciniak,
archaeologists, Mr. Piotr Malinski, ethnologist, Mr. Lukasz Gauza, photographer. The National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums
was represented by inspector Mr. Hassan Abdel Aziz. The excavations were financed by the Poznan Prehistoric Society, Polish Centre of
Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University, Archaeological Museum in Poznan and Institute of Archaeology of Jagiellonian
University in Krakow
3 On the results of previous surveys, see L. Krzyzaniak, M. Chiodnicki, M. Jordeczka, M. Lemiesz, "Archaeological reconnaissance between
Shemkiya and Khor Umm Ghizlan (left bank of the Nile), 2003", GAAiAR 4 (2003), 39-43; M. Chiodnicki, B. Zurawski, "From Khor
Umm Ghizlan to Shemkhiya. Archaeological survey in the Fourth Cataract Region, December 2004", PAM XVI, Reports 2005 (2005), 369-
383, esp. Fig. 1 presenting a map of the Polish concession.

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