The first season of survey work in 1993 was undertaken in advance
of the construction of the North Challenge Road initially between
Geili and Atbara. This work was carried out in the SARS concession
area from BM98, opposite the Pyramids of Meroe, to Atbara. A total
of 170 sites were recorded and this was published in the first
volume of Road Archaeology in the Middle Nile (Mallinson et al.
96). In addition, a report was prepared advising the Sudan National
Committee for Roads and Bridges of areas which were likely to be
damaged by the road construction. The following year it was
indicated that due to the advanced development of the road design
no rerouting would be possible. In response to this a rescue season
was proposed to excavate the sites clearly at risk in the remaining
few months before construction and grading began. A limited amount
of funds was provided by the Haycock Fund and within this resource
a project was assembled with SARS directed by Laurence Smith and
Michael Mallinson. As a total of eight sites with 30 archaeological
structures appeared directly on the road line a methodology was
needed that would permit these to be properly excavated and
recorded in the available time of three weeks that the funds would
accommodate.
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