Neolithic Era Cultures In Ahaggar

Abstract

Prehistoric research in the Ahaggar region has revealed it as an ancient cultural center, with archaeological evidence spanning various eras. Several civilizations and cultural aspects flourished during the Late Stone Age, coinciding with Holocene climate and environmental changes across the desert. The people of this era left behind a variety of remains, including human and animal bones and plants that they benefited from their existence. They sought to harness their environmental resources and used them as materials for their bone and wooden artifacts at the sites they occupied during their movements and settlements.[1]

They also benefited from the region’s terrain in building their homes and securing shelter for their livestock, a venue for early farming, and a support in embodying their art. Researchers identified local features and traditions from other imported ones in their analysis of the archaeological evidence collected and extracted from the excavation of Ahaggar sites. These were somewhat explicit sources about the interactions that took place between various parts of the continent, their study helped in distinguishing cultural aspects according to the variation of public life manifestations and their living patterns over time and space.