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Transition from Late Stone Age to Iron Age in the Sudano-Sahelian zoneessay 1993 • Holl, Augustin
West African Iron Age • Africa > Western Africa
Holl reviews the theories regarding the origins of iron technology in west Africa. Next he provides a systemic paradigm for analyzing the archaeological record, which considers social, economic, technological, and ecological factors. He then gives an...Subsistence patterns of the Dhar Tichitt Neolithic, Mauritaniaarticle 1985 • Holl, Augustin
West African Neolithic • Africa > Western Africa
The author describes the environment and the environmental constraints of the Dhar Tichitt region for the Neolithic population. Subsistence, settlement, land use, and the people's annual cycle are covered....