Report on the field season autumn 2010 in Sodmein Cave (Eastern Desert, Egypt)

Abstract

Although Sodmein Cave was discovered about 30 years ago by M. Prickett (Prickett 1979), systematic research started during the 1990’s by the Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project (BMEPP) of the Leuven University (e.g. Moeyersons et al. 2002, Vermeersch 1994, Van Peer et al. 1996). With this archaeological field season in 2010 the research in Sodmein Cave was resumed as a joint project of the universities Leuven and Cologne. After the resolution of some administrative problems with regard to the military permit, the fieldwork took place from November 24 to
December 6, 2010. The main objectives of the season have been to
- establish the formation history of the cave,
- restore and to restudy the old profiles, and
- extend the former excavations.

Resources

• Report_SCA_2010.pdf

Bibliography

Kindermann, K., van Peer, P. (2015): Report on the field season autumn 2010 in Sodmein Cave (Eastern Desert, Egypt). CRC 806, Project A1