Simit East  (Site Code SME)

The east bank, north of Kabodi is thinly populated with a few small hamlets such as Kushabikki and Kurunikki. In the southern part of the area, a broad wadi runs to the northeast, which rejoins the Nile channel on the south side of Arduan at Masiida.
 
SME 001 (91/35)        19°45.867/ 30°22.235
Simit S, Occupation, Prehist
Immediately E of the road, on open ground below a low terrace are extensive spreads of lithics and Neolithic sherds, extending over a distance of some 150m N-S.  Within this area a single low stone may  mark a grave, of unknown date.  

SME002 (91/37)        19°46.739, 30°22.066
Simit E, Cemetery, Prehist?
This site lies on the SE side of the wide khor mouth which drains from the NE.  Extensive spreads of lithics, abraded sherds and bone fragments suggest a disturbed cemetery site.  Much of the area shows signs of water erosion as well as considerable recent disturbance by vehicle traffic.

SME003 (91/36)        c.19°47.5/30°22
Simit E, Habitation, Prehist?
On a low pebble covered terrace on the N side of the khor is a rather amorphous scatter of stone, perhaps one or more circular structures.  A thin scatter of lithic debitage was noted in the vicinity and extending 50m to the SE.  No sherd material was found.

SME004 (91/34)        c.19°47.35/30°21.5
Salamaniki E, Habitation, Prehist
Within an area of broken sandstone NE of SME005 on a low hill.  This rectilinear structure measuring c.12 x 7m. is built of rough stone blocks, including a number of larger slabs set vertically.  No surface artefacts were found but an early date seems likely.

SME005 (91/33)        c.19°47.35/30°21.5
Salamaniki, Rock Drawings,
Due N of the hamlet, some 300m from the road on the E side of a narrow gully used for gravel extraction.  A single boulder has two drawings of cattle together with a number of indeterminate scratchings

SME006 (91/32)        19°47.39/30°20.96
Simit E, Cemetery, pre/E Kerma
On open land 200m E of the road, NE of the Cable Crossing to Simit island.  The cemetery appears as a spread of small stone clusters and low mounds formed by erosion, extending over some 200m parallel to the river.  Sherds include pre-Kerma and Early Kerma material.

SME007 (91/31)        c.19°47.5/30°20.4
Simit E, Occupation, Prehist
W of SME008, close to the road along  the W side of minor rock outcrops, a number of small gravel patches and clusters of stone are associated with thin lithic scatters and abraded, probably Neolithic sherds.

SME008 (91/30)        c.19°47.5/30°20.5
Simit E, Cemetery, Medieval
Just SW of a prominent conical hill (Jebel Mursaal) on the E side of the road. A line of 4 graves with rectangular stone superstructures aligned E-W.  Nearby, in areas much disturbed by small gravel diggings, scatters of medieval Christian pottery were noted as well as other possibly disturbed graves.

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