essay
Archaeological data on the origins of cultivation in the southwestern Sahara and their implications for West Africa
origins of african plant domestication • The Hague • Published In 1976 • Pages: 187-209
By: Munson, Patrick J..
Abstract
This study explores the hypothesis that there was an early center of origin for seed-crop agriculture in the marginal climatic areas of the West African Sahelian zone. The author covers what is know about subsistence, environment, settlement patterns, and types of artifacts found in the eight phase archaeological sequence of the Dhar Tichitt region. Why the people of this area adopted food production is considered (going from seed collecting to intensive cropping in just a century), as is the origins of the grains adopted.
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2021
- Field Date
- 1966-1968
- Coverage Date
- 4000-2400
- Coverage Place
- Dhar Tichitt escarpment, Tagant and Hodh Ech Chargui regions, Mauritania
- Notes
- Patrick J. Munson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-209)
- LCCN
- 77353651
- LCSH
- West African Neolithic