The archaeology of pleasure: Evidence for the use of tobacco at Old Dongola in Northern Sudan (16th–19th centuries AD)

• Published in: Journal of archaeological science, reports Vol. 53; p. 104359
• Main Authors: Nasreldein, Mohammed, Riehl, Simone, Obłuski, Artur, Conard, Nicholas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Archaeobotany; capital; Funj; Germany; kingdom; Nicotiana tabacum; Nicotiana tabacum L; Nubia; Old Dongola; sediments; Sudan; Tobacco; Germany; Sudan; Nicotiana tabacum L; Tobacco; Nubia; Funj; Archaeobotany; Old Dongola
• ISSN: 2352-409X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104359

•The first evidence of tobacco seeds (Nicotiana tabacum L.) from northeastern Africa.•The earliest archaeobotanical evidence for tobacco in Sudan dating to the middle of the 17th century.•Tobacco reached Nubia from the Ottoman Empire via connections with Egypt after c. 1603 CE.•Tobacco had a great s...