Raw Material and Technological Changes in Ceramic Productions at Sai Island, Northern Sudan from the 7th to the 3rd Millennium BC

This study presents the results of integrated mineralogical, petrographic and chemical analyses of different ceramic assemblages and local sediments from Sai Island, northern Sudan, dating to between the 7th and the 3rd millennium BC, and highlights a significant variability in the raw materials and technology of these productions. Though archaeometric analyses of ceramics are widely employed in many parts of the world, a lamentable scientific gap exists for African pottery, which this paper aims to bridge with new and compelling results.