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Subsistence patterns of the Dhar Tichitt Neolithic, Mauritania
African archaeological review • 3 • Published In 1985 • Pages: 151-162
By: Holl, Augustin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Climate
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Annual cycle
- Diet
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1980, 1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4100-2065 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dhar Tichitt escarpment, Tichitt, Tagant, Mauritania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Augustin Holl
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84650500
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Neolithic