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A NEW CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF PASTORALISM IN WEST AFRICA

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A NEW CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF PASTORALISM IN WEST AFRICA

[Article]

Hélène Jousse

Leiden

Brill

Archaeological and faunal evidence from West African Neolithic sites, including those containing shorthorn cattle from 4000 years bp, shows that cattle spread out progressively from the Saharan uplands through the Sahel and along the Atlantic coast. These migrations were modulated by Holocene climatic fluctuations in which alternating wet and dry phases altered natural ecosystems and opened up new areas to pastoralism. At the same time, the Neolithic populations were forced to modify their cultural and economic practices, culminating in the social changes that characterised the final stages of the Neolithic. Archaeological and faunal evidence from West African Neolithic sites, including those containing shorthorn cattle from 4000 years bp, shows that cattle spread out progressively from the Saharan uplands through the Sahel and along the Atlantic coast. These migrations were modulated by Holocene climatic fluctuations in which alternating wet and dry phases altered natural ecosystems and opened up new areas to pastoralism. At the same time, the Neolithic populations were forced to modify their cultural and economic practices, culminating in the social changes that characterised the final stages of the Neolithic.

2004

187-201

Journal of African Archaeology

2/2

2191-5784

migration

Neolithic

pastoral activities

shorthorn cattle

West Africa

Hélène Jousse

10.3213/1612-1651-10027

p

[Article]

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