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Barbed bone points, typical of those from the early Holocene settlement of “Early Khartoum”, have been found at three sites along the White Nile, south of Khartoum. The form of the fragments and the stratigraphy of the sites throw light on the environment and technology of the early settlements along this part of the Nile.
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Adamson, D., Clark, J. & Williams, M. Barbed bone points from Central Sudan and the age of the “Early Khartoum” tradition. Nature 249, 120–123 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249120a0
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