The archaeology of Western Sahara: Results of environmental and archaeological reconnaissance

Brooks, Nick, Clarke, Joanne, Garfi, Salvatore and Pirie, Anne (2009) The archaeology of Western Sahara: Results of environmental and archaeological reconnaissance. Antiquity, 83 (322). pp. 918-934. ISSN 1745-1744

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Abstract

Western Sahara has one of the last remaining unexplored prehistories on the planet. The new research reported here reveals a sequence of Holocene occupation beginning in a humid period around 9000 bp, superceded around 5000 bp by an arid phase in which the land was mainly given over to pastoralism and monumental burial. The authors summarise the flint and pottery assemblage and classify the monuments, looking to neighbouring cultures in Niger, Libya and Sudan.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art History and World Art Studies (former - to 2014) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies (former - to 2024) University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Centre for African Art and Archaeology Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:58
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 03:18
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157
DOI:	10.1017/S0003598X00099257

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