Early Holocene Occupations at Ashash Rock Shelter (Zemmur, Western Sahara)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11743125 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ferran Borrell (0000-0001-9464-5798, Institución Milá y Fontanals de Investigación en Humanidades, corresponding author), Gabriel Alcalde (0000-0001-8855-3117, Universitat de Girona), Ignacio Clemente-Conte (0000-0002-3190-215X, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Maria Saña (0000-0002-8344-0639, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Joaquim Soler (0000-0003-4962-4394, Universitat de Girona), Narcís Soler (0000-0002-0011-1259, Universitat de Girona) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-103 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1612-1651 • E-ISSN: 2191-5784 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/21915784-20180007 |
| OpenAlex | W2887520736 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 28 |
The archaeological record of the Western Sahara remains extremely fragmentary, with very few sites systematically excavated. The excavation at Ashash rock shelter (Zemmur region) has provided, for the first time in the region, the evidence of superimposition of two prehistoric occupations that have been radiocarbon dated to the early 9th millennium cal. BP and to the mid-7th millennium cal. BP . The Epipalaeolithic occupation is strongly marked by the standardised production of geometric microliths and points using a microburin blow technique. The Neolithic occupation of the site has yielded a few potsherds that provide the first unambiguous evidence of pottery in the Zemmur area in the mid-7th millennium cal. BP
Ancient history · Archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Holocene · Pottery · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Rock shelter · African Studies and Geopolitics · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Water management and technologies · Geology
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |