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Holocene Palaeoclimates of Africa
African archaeological review • 14 (4) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 213-230
By: Hassan, Fekri A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author provides a continent-wide overview of the paleoclimate of Holocene Africa. The data indicate a remarkable coherence in regional climatic regimes, including variations in rainfall (e.g. a drought in the Sahel leads to a drought along the Nile).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Climate
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Late Stone Age
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,000-2000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fekri A. Hassan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84650500
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Late Stone Age