Publication: Archäologisches Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Praxis
The research data management of SPP 2143 provides an overview of data curation within the programme.
Publications
Publications
Publication: The signature of the stones: pXRF studies on prehistoric axes from the Eastern SaharaPublication:
Contribution on pXRF analysis of prehistoric stone axes from the eastern Sahara.
Publication: Small Enclosures, Big Meals
The article examines the findings from the Meroitic complex of Musawwarat in relation to the cooking tradition of the site – also in comparison to similar find contexts of the Nile Valley.
Publication: Communities, urbanism and state building in the Lake Chad region
Essay on social development in the Lake Chad region in pre-modern times.
Publication: Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo)
Archaeobotanical study of useful plant cultivation in the Inner Congo Basin during the Iron Age.
Archäologie Weltweit Sonderausgabe 2021
The 2021 special issue presents Groundcheck – unlocking climate archives, understanding climate change, developing strategies for the future.
Publication: Vegetation Dynamics in Tibesti Mountains Area
Publication on vegetation dynamics in the Tibesti Mountains highland regions of Chad
Publication: Jahrtausendealt – Netzwerke südlich der Sahara
In the journal „Archäologie in Deutschland“ the coordinators describe the general content of their research project.
Publication: Wasser für Gala Abu Ahmed
The paper deals with the study of a prehistoric drainage system based on remote sensing data.
New E-Paper on the SPP „Entangled Africa“ released
Logo: Copyright: DAI Paper – Project 12 – Coordination J. Sigl/J. Linstädter, South of the Sahara, Africa. »Entangled Africa« – new interdisciplinary research from Africa’s east to west coast. December […]
New publication by ‚Entangled Africa‘ project ‚Routes of interaction‘
The cost of human movement, whether expressed in time, effort, or distance, is a function of natural and human related variables. At the same time, human movement itself, whether on land, air or sea, causes environmental cost. We are looking into the long-term environmental relationship of this interplay. […]
Publication: Fired brick élite locations in Kanem, Chad
One of the most intriguing problems concerning the Kanem-Borno sultanate of the central Sahel between the eighth and nineteenth centuries AD concerns its early intra-African connections. Apart from historically documented linkages with North and parts of West Africa, were there trade and other contacts with eastern regions such as Darfur, the Middle Nile Valley and areas beyond prior to the fifteenth century? […]
Publication: Archaeological research in Tié, Chad
Presently, the most conspicuous material vestiges known are the ruins of fired-brick elite locations, some of which are demonstrably associated with the Kanem-Borno Sultanate and dated to the period 11th-14th centuries AD. Amongst those, the place named Tié stands out due to a number of particular attributes. […]
Publication: Studying Northern Kordofan by remote sensing
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the planned work of the InterLINK project in North Kordofan had to be spontaneously cancelled in spring 2020. Instead, research focused on remote sensing of the area. […]
Publication: Late Holocene vegetation changes in the Chad Basin, Nigeria
The development of cultivated landscapes under the influence of food production has decisively shaped the composition and appearance of West African savannas as present today. With trees and shrubs forming an important constituent of such landscapes, and its composition characterizing different types of land-use, anthracology is a tool particularly well suited to trace developments and changes through human exploitation of the landscape. […]
