Influence de l’environnement sur la gestion des ressources au Néolithique dans la zone refuge du Dhar Néma (Mauritanie sud-orientale)

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ID9402602
AuthorsAlain Person (Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris, corresponding author), Sylvie Amblard‐Pison (Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité), Hélène Jousse (Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique), Thibault Vallette (Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité), Chloé Albaret (The Ark), Michel Raimbault (Laboratoire Méditerranéen de Préhistoire Europe Afrique), Anne‐france Maurer (0000-0002-4997-5357, Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité), Joël Suire (Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité)
Year2012
Volume10
Issue2
Pages133-164
Publication date2012-10-25
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1612-1651 • E-ISSN: 2191-5784
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.3213/2191-5784-10221
OpenAlexW2112034026
LanguageFR
Citations received7

Presented here are some aspects of an archaeological investigation conducted in eastern Mauritania in the region of Dhar Nema, a south-eastern extension of the Oualata and Tichitt cliffs (Dhar). This evidence is presented with a focus on its environmental context. The escarpment of the Dhar, a specific geomorphological environment, provided a refuge geoecosystem that continued to supply water during the second part of the Holocene. During the period leading to the current aridity in the southern Sahara, the neolithic populations came there to seek refuge. Amongst more than 70 sites studied, six were chosen that each illustrate a different topographic and ecological context and the interactions of the populations with these. Their location corresponds to varied geological “accidents” oriented perpendicular to the escarpment and in direction of the Baten. In order to survive in this fragile environment during this warming period, the populations developed essential social and technical innovations. These sites have evidenced the characteristics of the evolution of a culture that existed from the 3 rd millennium before our era, with notably a social organisation in villages as well as agricultural practices and animal husbandry, which developed from the commencement of their sedentarisation

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Escarpment · Geography · Holocene · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Water management and technologies

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