The role of mobility in Saharan archaeological research (1960-present)

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ID6041638
AuthorsMarina Gallinaro (0000-0003-2683-8170, Dipartimento di Storia, Scienze dell’Uomo e della Formazione. Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italy, corresponding author), Stefano Biagetti (0000-0003-0936-3070, Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs) Research Group, Barcelona, Spain and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Departament d'Humanitats, C/Ramon Trias-Fargas 25-27, 08005, Barcelona, Spain and School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Year2016
Volume51
Issue4
Pages435-452
Publication date2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAzania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0067270x.2016.1220057
OpenAlexW2526785116
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited61

Mobility is a key theme in Saharan archaeology. From early human dispersal to the spread of the ‘Neolithic’ up to trade in the historical period, the Saharan regions have been crossed throughout the ages by people, artefacts and ideas on a uniquely large scale. In this area, archaeological research has evolved over time, but climatic and environmental variability has played a major role in the interpretation of past Saharan mobility. This article offers a review of papers on the mobility issue in African archaeology, comparing data from the Sahara and the rest of Africa from 1960 to the present. The main aim is to analyse the development of research on mobility in the Sahara, highlighting its main characteristics and peculiarities and suggesting the adoption of more nuanced approaches to the study of past mobility that may pave the way for ‘alternative’— or simply more refined — reconstructions of cultural trajectories

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Biological dispersal · Cartography · Economic geography · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy · Period (music · Population · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Theme (computing · African Studies and Geopolitics · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Demography · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History

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