Ecological Patterns in the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene in the Jebel Gharbi, Northern Libya: Chronology, Climate and Human Occupation |
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Authors: | Barbara E. Barich Elena A. A. Garcea |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell’Antichità, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Via Palestro 63, 00186, Rome, Italy 2. Dipartimento di Filologia e Storia, University of Cassino, Via Zamosch 43, 03043, Cassino, FR, Italy
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Abstract: | Surveys and test excavations in the Jebel Gharbi have brought to light a large quantity of prehistoric sites indicating intensive human occupation from the Upper Pleistocene to the Holocene. Several radiometric dates (standard 14C, AMS and U/Th) provide a detailed framework of the absolute chronology of the local peopling of the area. Generalised Middle Stone Age archaeological materials represent the earliest term of reference in the geological series. Aterian complexes are well-represented, being widely spread throughout the mountain range and in the lowlands. Lower Later Stone Age, or “Dabban”, artefacts are also attested to both geological and archaeological sequences. Human occupation continued with the Upper and Final Epipalaeolithic (or “Iberomaurusian”) and later, with Capsian and Neolithic groups. Permanent and seasonal water springs and raw material sources influenced settlement strategy and selected areas offered particularly favourable conditions and became intensively occupied. |
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