Whether cattle domestication occurred independently on the African continent is among the
most controversial questions in the Holocene archaeology of northern Africa. One long …

In the last decade, prehistoric archaeology in central Sudan and Nubia has been
characterised by a regional approach and the use of proper stratigraphic methods in …

This cutting-edge synthesis of the archaeology of Nubia and Sudan from prehistory to the
nineteenth century AD is the first major work on this area for over three decades. Drawing on …

The West Nubian Palaeolake is the most large-scale hydrographic evidence in the Eastern
Sahara of the early to mid-Holocene wet phase that affected northern Africa. It is the result of …

Background Approximately two hundred human burials were discovered on the edge of a
paleolake in Niger that provide a uniquely preserved record of human occupation in the …

The causes, origin, and diffusion of pastoralism in Africa have been fervently discussed over
the last decades. Recent syntheses and comments on the origins and spread of animal …

Palaeoenvironmental evidence confirms, for the south-western Fezzan, at 24-26 degrees of
latitude N, a scenario of wet savannah landscape inside the mountains, and of shallow lakes …

Food production originated in various ways in different parts of the world. Plant
domestication with the adoption of agriculture has been successful in some areas, but not in …

The emergence of pottery is a compelling issue for archaeologists. In Africa, pottery
appeared in what is now the southern part of the Sahara and the Sahel at different localities …

The effects of climate change are obvious to all of us. Summers are becoming increasingly
hot, which has many consequences on the environment and human landscapes. The …