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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ artefacts; vol. V: Bioarchaeology; vol. VI: The rock art and rock gongs.
The publication of the first volume encourages us to hope that MDASP
will not repeat the mistakes of the Aswan High Dam Campaign in the 1960s
that, despite the efforts of some missions,[^1] remain largely
unpublished. We await a third generation of Nubiologists to complete the
unpublished. We await a third generation of Nubiologists to finish the
task of completing those publications. And of course, trusting that SARS
will complete their own mission's task, they will have set a good
example for those responsible for the other concessions awarded during
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ awarded only in 1996 to the Gdansk Archaeological Museum Expedition
awarded concessions and the entire area to be flooded, from the dam
construction site to the island of Mograt, became the focus of
archaeological work in Sudan for the rest of the first decade of the 21st
century (Fig. 1). The editor of the volume, Derek Welsby, head of the
century. The editor of the volume, Derek Welsby, head of the
SARS mission at the MDASP, describes the history of the project in the
first chapter of the volume (pp. 1--14).
@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ at least in terms of keeping up with the logistical and research
challenges, are definitely worth our admiration.
The present reviewer has worked with different missions in the frame of
the MDASP (see, for example, Plate 1.9 in p. 11 of the volume, as well
as Fig. 2) and knows from first-hand experience the difficulties that the
the MDASP (see, for example, Plate 1.9 in p. 11 of the volume) and knows from first-hand experience the difficulties that the
missions faced. Looking back to those years, the memories from working
against the clock counting down the last years of traditional life in
the natural and cultural landscape of the Fourth Cataract, one feels
@ -139,15 +138,15 @@ the description of the SARS' publication of the project in p. 12.
Paradoxically, a similar feeling of wanting to publish the material as
quickly as possible is visible in the presentation of images. No less
than 598 Tables, Plates and Figures that have been printed in color!
than 598 Tables, Plates and Figures have been printed in color!
Kudos to the typesetters, printers and funders, but the density of this
material has caused the dimensions of the images to shrink and makes it
impossible to see the details of half of them without a magnifying
glass. This issue could have been avoided with a more thought-out
selection (hence the argument above) or by the creation of a larger
volume. The price difference between printed and pdf versions is
substantial (65£ vs 15£[^3]) and those wanting to purchase the printed
version would at least be compensated by the quality of the printed
volume. The price difference between the printed and pdf versions is
substantial (65£ vs 15£[^3]) and those who choose to purchase the printed
version should at least be compensated by the quality of the printed
texts and images.
It remains in any case a desideratum to find one day all the datasets
@ -294,12 +293,12 @@ Preface. Salahedin Mohamed Ahmed
Chapter 1: Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. The SARS Amri to
Kirbekan Survey 1999-2007. Derek A. Welsby
Chapter 2: The landscape of the Fourth Nile Cataract and its
geomorphologic evolution. Pawel Wolf, Baldur Gabriel, Robert Bussert,
Chapter 2: The Landscape of the Fourth Nile Cataract and Its
Geomorphologic Evolution. Pawel Wolf, Baldur Gabriel, Robert Bussert,
and Ronny Schomacker
Chapter 3: Merowe Dam Project. Land use and Vegetation in the Flooding
Area of a planned Hydrodam in Northern Sudan. Arnaud Malterer
Area of a Planned Hydrodam in Northern Sudan. Arnaud Malterer
Chapter 4: The Oral History of the Manasir. M. Jalal Hashim
@ -312,8 +311,8 @@ Chapter 7: Modern Vernacular Architecture and Settlements Organization
at the Fourth Nile Cataract between Dar el-Arab and Dar el-Waraaq.
Nadejda Reshetnikova
Chapter 8: Architecture and life in villages of the Fourth Nile Cataract
in the region of al Tiref. Frances Welsh
Chapter 8: Architecture and Life in Villages of the Fourth Nile Cataract
in the Region of al Tiref. Frances Welsh
Chapter 9: Bibliography for Volume I
@ -331,14 +330,14 @@ Eigner, Dieter. "Kirbekan -- ein Dorf der Manasir am 4. Nilkatarakt."
Berlin* 17 (2006): pp. 71--80.
———. "Kirbekân: A Village of the Manasir." In *"Nihna nâs al-bahar -- We are the people of the river": Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region,
Sudan*, edited by Cornelia Kleinitz and Claudia Näser, pp. 127--160. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2012.
Sudan*, edited by Cornelia Kleinitz and Claudia Näser, pp. 127--60. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2012.
Haberlah, David. "Cultural Landscape of Dar al-Manasir." In *"Nihna nâs al-bahar -- We are the people of the river": Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region,
Sudan*, edited by Cornelia Kleinitz and Claudia Näser, pp. 49--74. Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz, 2012.
Haberlah David and Jutta von dem Bussche. "Das Dorf Atoyah auf der Insel Sherari. Wandel der Siedlungsstruktur im Dar al-Manasir." *Der Antike Sudan: Mitteilungen der
Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin* 16 (2005): pp. 125--135.
Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin* 16 (2005): pp. 125--35.
Hafsaas-Tsakos, Henriette. "Ethical Implications of Salvage Archaeology and Dam Building: The Clash between Archaeologists and Local People in Dar al-Manasir, Sudan."
*Journal of Social Archaeology* 11(1), 49--76.