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Between the Mediterranean and the Sahara: geoarchaeological reconnaissance in the Jebel Gharbi, Libya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barbara E. Barich ,
Elena A.A. Garcea  and
Carlo Giraudi
Barbara E. Barich
Affiliation:
1Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Palestro 63, 00186 Rome, Italy (Email: [email protected])
Elena A.A. Garcea
Affiliation:
2Dipartimento di Filologia e Storia, Università di Cassino, Via Mazzaroppi, 03043 Cassino, FR, Italy (Email: [email protected])
Carlo Giraudi
Affiliation:
3ENEA C.R. Casaccia, C.P. 2400, 00100 Rome A.D., Italy (Email: [email protected])
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Intensive survey and three sample sections at Jebel Gharbi in north-west Libya offer a new dated sequence of the environment, and the human presence within it, from the Middle Stone Age to the early Holocene. Hunter-gatherers were continuously active, including during the hitherto elusive Later Stone Age.

Keywords

SaharaLibyaMiddle Stone AgeLater Stone AgeAterianIberomaurusianNeolithic
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Antiquity , Volume 80 , Issue 309 , 1 September 2006 , pp. 567 - 582
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2006

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