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 "
Hélène Jousse

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069985
Doc. No	:	LA113614
Call No	:	‭10.3213/1612-1651-10027‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Hélène Jousse
Title & Author	:	A NEW CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF PASTORALISM IN WEST AFRICA [Article]\ Hélène Jousse
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of African Archaeology
Date	:	2004
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/2
Page No	:	187–201
Abstract	:	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.
Descriptor	:	migration
Descriptor	:	Neolithic
Descriptor	:	pastoral activities
Descriptor	:	shorthorn cattle
Descriptor	:	West Africa
Location & Call number	:	‭10.3213/1612-1651-10027‬