causal hypothesis · hyp_jebel_mokram_mobility_adaptation
Jebel Mokram mobility was a flexible adaptation linking pastoral and exchange systems
Households adjusted seasonal movement, settlement size and partner networks in response to pasture, water and social opportunities.
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Research assessment
statement
Households adjusted seasonal movement, settlement size and partner networks in response to pasture, water and social opportunities.chronology test
Isotope and settlement evidence should show changing rather than uniform mobility, with local and non-local individuals across phases.geography test
The model should fit eastern Sudan catchments and burial samples without turning them into a fixed tribal territory or one migration route.supporting evidence
- Provides the regional model.
- Provides individual-level evidence.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- 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)Provides individual-level evidence.
Locator: Oscillating mobility results
Contradicting sources
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Other source context
- informs · proposes interpretation
Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley — Andrea Manzo (2017)Provides the regional model.
Locator: Jebel Mokram settlement and pastoral discussion
Referenced records
- Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone · entity
- Jebel Mokram Group · entity
- Jebel Mokram mobility and pastoral systems · event