Catalogue of Western Sahara Finds

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Catalogue of Western Sahara Finds

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http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_98364/ ... st-Sahara/


A topic we've gone around with several times resurfaces.
One of the most remarkable conclusions is the verification that today's arid desert was a subtropical savanna with plenty of flora and fauna six thousand years ago. Rains decreased as a consequence of a process of climate change and animals moved to other places to face the lack of water.
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And that project 'only' covers the western Sahara!
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You are only too correct RS.
We are talking a huge area.
If it was that fertile, what will we find when we really look.
BTW, who knew there was either Basque or Sahrawi archaeologists ?
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Okay...let's not forget the Eastern Sahara, courtesy of Wendorf and Schild.

http://www.comp-archaeology.org/WendorfSAA98.html
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Thanks, Min. That's an interesting write-up. Surprisingly, for a subject like this, no pitchers, diagrams, or maps at all, though.
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