essay
Agricultural evidence and its interpretation on the Dhars Tichitt and Oualata, south-eastern Mauritania
aspects of african archaeology : papers from the 10th congress of the panafrican association for prehistory and related studies • Harare • Published In 1996 • Pages: 421-427
By: Amblard-Pison, Sylvie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author raises questions about how to interpret abundant plant remains in the Tichitt-Akreijit region, examines archaeological features determined to be granaries, and reconsiders the economy and chronology of the Tichitt subtradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Tillage
- Preservation and storage of food
- Land use
- Ceramic technology
- Outbuildings
- Settlement patterns
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Neolithic
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3600-3300 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tichitt department, Tagant, Maurtania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sylvie Amblard
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-427)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97980077
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Neolithic