New advances in research on pre- and proto-historic settlement of Argi and Letti, Upper Nubia

2023, 32, No. 2

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Abstract

New fieldwork in Argi and Letti (Southern Dongola Reach) has produced unique data on early Holocene settlement and burial practices. New surveys, backed by GIS data, shed light on true forms and preservation of settlements dating from the Paleolithic to the Kerma periods, providing an absolute chronology as well as exciting future directions.

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