Environment and settlements in the Mid-Holocene palaeo-oasis of Wadi Tanezzuft (Libyan Sahara)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3780210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Cremaschi (0000-0003-2934-3210, University of Milan, corresponding author), Mauro Cremaschi, Di Lernia (0000-0003-1732-1567, Sapienza University of Rome), Savino Di Lernia |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 290 |
| Pages | 815-825 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00089390 |
| OpenAlex | W2473160969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 4 |
Past research in the Acacus mountains has been mostly concerned with studies of rock art (Mori 1965) and site-oriented investigations, particularly rock-shelters in the central and northern Acacus (Uan Muhuggiag: Mori 1965; Barich 1987; Ti-n-Torha North: Barich 1974; 1987; Wadi Athal: Barich & Mori 1970). This important research disclosed the astonishing archaeological richness of the area. Particular emphasis was given to data suggesting the existence of early forms of pastoral economy in the region (Mori 1961; 1965; Barich 1987). This led to the hypothesis, differently and repeatedly formulated, of a Saharan focus for the emergence of food-producing activity, based on cattle herding, independent from the Nile Valley and the Near East (Mori 1961; Barich 1987). This is not the place to discuss in detail this interesting, but now largely discarded, hypothesis; what is important to underline, however, is the limited database used in its formulation. The results of only three excavations, all located in the mountain ranges, provided the basis of the evidence presented without any attempt to place these sites in a broader regional framework
Archaeology · Excavation · Frontier · Geography · Herding · Holocene · Human settlement · Rock art · Wadi · African Studies and Geopolitics · Geology · Historical and Architectural Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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Evidence of artificial cranial deformation from the later prehistory of the Acacus Mts. (southwestern Libya, Central Sahara)
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Mobility and kinship in the prehistoric Sahara
The climate-environment-society nexus in the Sahara from prehistoric times to the present day
An Alternative Way Towards Food Production
Holocene climatic changes in an archaeological landscape
The soil cultural heritage of Italy
Cultural responses to aridity in the Middle Holocene and increased social complexity
Regional Settlement Pattern Studies
Cupressus dupreziana
A Holocene Ceramic Sequence in the Central Sahara
A (Digital) Future for Saharan Rock Art
Cultural landscape and local knowledge
Desert Migrations Project XVIII
The Emergence of Mobile Pastoral Elites during the Middle to Late Holocene in the Sahara
The Neolithic and ‘Pastoralism’ Along the Nile
Holocene Deposits of Saharan Rock Shelters
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,84 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |