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This book explores the archaeology of the Acacus massif and surrounding areas in South-Western Libya over approximately 2500 years of the early Holocene, utilising fresh theoretical approaches and new explanations of the social and cultural processes of the area.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. Southwestern Libya and the central Sahara; 2. Colonisation and consolidation: Early Acacus hunter-gatherers; 3. Diversification and experimentation: Late Acacus foragers; 4. People, identity, and art; 5. A changing world; References.
About the author
Savino di Lernia (PhD) is an Africanist archaeologist based at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, where he teaches African Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology. His research interests focus on the study of hunter-gatherer-fishers in northern and eastern Africa and on the analysis of pastoral societies in the Sahara, with particular focus on rock art. He is the director of the "Archaeological Mission in the Sahara" (southern Tunisia and southwestern Libya) and the "Archeological Mission in the Kenyan Rift Valley" (eastern Turkana). He has written and edited nine books and published in peer-reviewed journals such as
Nature,
Journal of African Archaeology,
Science,
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology,
Journal of Archaeological Science,
Antiquity,
African Archaeological Review,
Journal of World Prehistory. In 2012, he was awarded the "Sangiorgi Prize for the History of Africa" by the
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the world's oldest scientific academy.
Summary
This book explores the archaeology of the Acacus massif and surrounding areas in South-Western Libya over approximately 2500 years of the early Holocene, utilising fresh theoretical approaches and new explanations of the social and cultural processes of the area.
