Exploration of the site of Sphinx (SBK.W-60) : findings of the 2014 and 2015 field seasons

Abstract

The paper brings a detailed overview of the results of the field research carried out in 2014 and 2015 by the mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology (Faculty of Arts, Charles University) at the site of Sphinx (SBK.W-60) at the Sixth Nile Cataract in central Sudan.

Keywords

• Sudan archaeology
• late prehistory
• Mesolithic
• hunter-gatherer burials
• excavation strategy
• post-depositional processes