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DOI Artikel:Jaroni, Eliza; Kuciewicz, Ewa: Rock art research on the fourth cataract in 2007
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FOURTH CATARACT
SUDAN
ROCK ART RESEARCH ON THE FOURTH
CATARACT IN 2007
Eliza Jaroni and Ewa Kuciewicz
The fieldwork in the eastern part of the
PCM A concession on the Fourth Cataract
in 2007 also included rock art research,
which was carried out between 18 November
and 2 December.1 Three main regions were
covered: around Shemkhiya (Gebel
Gurgurib), Hagar el-Beida and Keheili.
The findings are generally consistent
with what has been recorded so far for other
parts of the Sudanese Nile Valley (most
recently, cf. Kleinitz, Koenitz 2006). Further
examination of the rock art from the Fourth
Cataract region should contribute inesti-
mably to the study of the category.
GEBEL GURGURIB (SHEMKHIYA REGION)
A brief reconnaissance in 2006, conducted
by Ewa Kuciewicz (Kuciewicz 2009),
resulted in one wadi being chosen for
thorough documentation. About half its
length was recorded then and 22 rock art
sites were noted. The present work covered
the rest of the wadi extending toward the
north [Fig. 2), noting 20 new rock-art sites.
A schematic drawing and description was
made of all the newly discovered petro-
glyphs, the entries in the field journal
following a separate numbering system for
individual sites. GPS coordinates were also
entered for each drawing.
Spots chosen for individual petroglyphs
or their groups are invariably well visible from
a distance. Representations occur either singly
or in clusters consisting of a few boulders and
about 10 rock depictions. They were executed
mostly by pecking (hammering), but also by
incising and grinding, or by a combination of
these techniques.
Overall, this season’s yield of recorded
petroglyphs does not vary substantially
from that reported in the previous year.
Camels and camels with riders greatly
predominate over the occasional long-
horned bovid. They are depicted either
1 The research was carried out by Ewa Kuciewicz, Eliza Jaroni and Agata Drejer, all from the Poznan Archaeological
Museum, and NCAM inspector Musa El Fadul Abdalla El Tayeb.
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
SUDAN
ROCK ART RESEARCH ON THE FOURTH
CATARACT IN 2007
Eliza Jaroni and Ewa Kuciewicz
The fieldwork in the eastern part of the
PCM A concession on the Fourth Cataract
in 2007 also included rock art research,
which was carried out between 18 November
and 2 December.1 Three main regions were
covered: around Shemkhiya (Gebel
Gurgurib), Hagar el-Beida and Keheili.
The findings are generally consistent
with what has been recorded so far for other
parts of the Sudanese Nile Valley (most
recently, cf. Kleinitz, Koenitz 2006). Further
examination of the rock art from the Fourth
Cataract region should contribute inesti-
mably to the study of the category.
GEBEL GURGURIB (SHEMKHIYA REGION)
A brief reconnaissance in 2006, conducted
by Ewa Kuciewicz (Kuciewicz 2009),
resulted in one wadi being chosen for
thorough documentation. About half its
length was recorded then and 22 rock art
sites were noted. The present work covered
the rest of the wadi extending toward the
north [Fig. 2), noting 20 new rock-art sites.
A schematic drawing and description was
made of all the newly discovered petro-
glyphs, the entries in the field journal
following a separate numbering system for
individual sites. GPS coordinates were also
entered for each drawing.
Spots chosen for individual petroglyphs
or their groups are invariably well visible from
a distance. Representations occur either singly
or in clusters consisting of a few boulders and
about 10 rock depictions. They were executed
mostly by pecking (hammering), but also by
incising and grinding, or by a combination of
these techniques.
Overall, this season’s yield of recorded
petroglyphs does not vary substantially
from that reported in the previous year.
Camels and camels with riders greatly
predominate over the occasional long-
horned bovid. They are depicted either
1 The research was carried out by Ewa Kuciewicz, Eliza Jaroni and Agata Drejer, all from the Poznan Archaeological
Museum, and NCAM inspector Musa El Fadul Abdalla El Tayeb.
394
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007