La faune des sites mésolithiques et néolithique de la zone du Nil Bleu (Soudan Central)
2003; Servicio de Publicaciones; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Francês
ISSN
1988-2327
Autores Tópico(s)African Studies and Geopolitics
ResumoespanolSe presentan los analisis zooarqueologicos de los restos de fauna de los yacimientos mesoliticos de Sheikh Mustafa y El Mahalab y del yacimiento neolitico inicial de Sheikh el Amin, en la zona del Nilo Azul al sureste de Jartum. Los restos oseos mesoliticos muestran un modelo opuesto, de caza y pesca intensivas en SM cerca del Nilo Azul y de casi solo caza en AM en la llanura de la Butano lejos del rio. La ausencia de moluscos en SM seguramente indica que el sitio se abandono antes del fin de la estacion seca. El tamano grande de los restos piscicolas de AM sugiere que fueron pescados en aguas profundas del wadi, probablemente durante la estacion humeda. En Sheikh el Amin los restos de moluscos y pescado son muy escasos, tal vez indicando la menor importancia de la economia de predacion. Los restos de bovidos y ovicapridos son, sin embargo, bastante menos abundantes que en otros yacimientos neoliticos, insinuando una economia fundamentalmente de caza que aprovecho las condiciones humedas de la sabana durante el Neolitico inicial. EnglishThe results are presented of the analysis of the faunal remains collected during the excavations of the Mesolithic sites of Sheikh Mustafa and El Mahalab and the Early Neolithic site of Sheikh el Amin in the Blue Nile area south-east of Khartoum. Remains from the first two sites show a contrasting model, with intensive fishing and hunting at SM near the Blue Nile, similar to the scenario at the Saggai site on the main Nile, and a primary hunting orientation at AM in the Butana plain far from the river. The absence of molluscs at SM probably indicates the abandonment of the site before the end of the dry season. The big size of fish in the small sample of AM suggests that they were captured in the wadi deep waters, probably during the rainy season. At Sheikh el Amin the remains of fish and molluscs are fairly scarce, possibly indicating the lower weight of predatory economy. Bones from large and small livestock, however, are quite lower than in most other Neolithic sites of the area, insinuating a fundamentally hunting economy that benefited of the savanna humid conditions at the Early Neolithic period
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