Stefano Costanzo:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-075X
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draft
Filippo Brandolini: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole:
SoftwareRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draft
Habab Idriss Ahmed: Role: Investigation
Andrea Zerboni:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6844-8528
Role: Funding acquisitionRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draft
Andrea Manzo: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: ResourcesRole: Supervision
Radu Iovita: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
7
July
2021
Publication date Collection: 2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e0253511
Affiliations
[1
]
Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo, Università degli Studi di Napoli "L’Orientale",
Napoli, Italy
[2
]
McCord Centre for Landscape - School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle
University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
[3
]
NCAM—National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Khartoum, Sudan
[4
]
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra ‘A. Desio’, Università degli Studi di Milano,
Milano, Italy
New York University, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-21-07238
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253511
PMC ID: 8262793
PubMed ID: 34232956
SO-VID: e055a2cf-6190-458e-bdc2-4eab294ea6cb
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Funded by:
ISMEO
Award Recipient
:
Andrea Manzo
Funded by:
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Award Recipient
:
Andrea Manzo
Funded by:
Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research
Award ID: Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018–2022 - WP4—Risorse del Patrimonio Culturale
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6844-8528
Andrea Zerboni
Funded by:
Regional Government of the Kassala State, Sudan
Award Recipient
:
Andrea Manzo
Funded by:
University of Naples "L'Orientale"
Award Recipient
:
Andrea Manzo
This research was made possible through the support of the fundings awarded to the
Italian Archaeological Expedition to the Eastern Sudan (IAEES) by the University of
Naples “L’Orientale”, the ISMEO — Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo
e l’Oriente, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The IAEES is also supported by the Regional Government of the Kassala State, Sudan.
Additional financial support was provided by Italian Ministry of Education, University,
and Research through the project 'Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018-2022’ (WP4 — Risorse
del Patrimonio Culturale), awarded to the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra ‘A.
Desio’ (University of Milan, Italy). The funders had no role in study design, data
collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Subject:
Research Article
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Social Sciences
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Archaeology
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Earth Sciences
Subject:
Geology
Subject:
Metamorphic Geology
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Social Sciences
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Sociology
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Culture
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People and Places
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Geographical Locations
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Africa
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Sudan
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Religious Faiths
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Islam
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Computer and Information Sciences
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Geoinformatics
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Geographic Information Systems
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Earth Sciences
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Geography
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Geoinformatics
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Geographic Information Systems
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Earth Sciences
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Geomorphology
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Topography
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Landforms
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Valleys
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Ecology
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Ecosystems
Subject:
Deserts
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Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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Ecology
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Ecosystems
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Deserts
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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Terrestrial Environments
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Deserts
