entity · arch_jebel_mokram_group
Jebel Mokram Group
Modern archaeological label for eastern Sudan communities after the Gash sequence, including mobile pastoral components.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1800 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · dates
Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley — Andrea Manzo (2017)Defines the archaeological group.
Locator: Jebel Mokram sequence and regional setting - informs · provides archaeological observation
Oscillating Diachronic Mobility Patterns in Prehistoric Eastern Sudan Revealed by 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Analysis — Giusy Capasso, Alessandra Sperduti, Habab Idriss Ahmed, Anna Cipriani, Luca Bondioli, Alessia Nava, Federico Lugli, Andrea Manzo (2026)Adds direct evidence for changing mobility among sampled individuals.
Locator: Chronology, isotope results and mobility discussion
Research description
The group is a material and chronological classification, not an ethnicity. Settlement, burial and isotope evidence suggest varied mobility and local-external interaction rather than a single migration event.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not ethnicity
Marks a modern archaeological phase or assemblage that must not be treated as an ancient people.
Why does this record have this property?
Material and burial patterns do not establish one migrating people or modern identity.
- Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley
supports · Jebel Mokram sequence
Pastoral component
Marks evidence that herding or mobile pastoral practices formed a significant part of a community’s economy.
Why does this record have this property?
Settlement and isotope evidence support variable mobility and herding rather than a uniform nomadic population.
- Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley
contextualizes · Jebel Mokram economy and settlement - Oscillating Diachronic Mobility Patterns in Prehistoric Eastern Sudan Revealed by 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Analysis
provides archaeological observation · Isotope results
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates
Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley — Andrea Manzo (2017)Defines the archaeological group.
Locator: Jebel Mokram sequence and regional setting - supports · provides archaeological observation
Oscillating Diachronic Mobility Patterns in Prehistoric Eastern Sudan Revealed by 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Analysis — Giusy Capasso, Alessandra Sperduti, Habab Idriss Ahmed, Anna Cipriani, Luca Bondioli, Alessia Nava, Federico Lugli, Andrea Manzo (2026)Adds direct evidence for changing mobility among sampled individuals.
Locator: Chronology, isotope results and mobility discussion
Referenced records
- Eritrean highlands and coast · entity
- Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone · entity