Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00478
Agricultural innovation at Qasr Ibrim, Egypt, 1000 BC - AD 1800.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor P Rowley-Conwy, Durham University, Archaeology
- Grant held at:
- Durham University, Archaeology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Science-Based Archaeology
- Abstract:
- The spectacular botanical preservation and long occupation of Qasr Ibrim make this site archaeobotanically matchless. 600 samples have been collected over 20 years by the PI and the RR covering the full timespan c. 1000 BC - AD 1800, but particularly focussed on the crucial period AD 100-400, when several new summer crops including sorghum, cotton, lablab and sesame first appear. They are probably associated with new irrigation technology. It has never before been possible to examine this crucial change archaeologically. This project will allow us to test the chronology and nature of the change. This has major implications for the history of agriculture in Africa and the Indian Ocean. A small application to study ancient DNA will follow.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00478
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £171,217
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £6,933 | £105,441 | £782 | £9,561 | £48,502 |
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