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  1. One Hundred Years of Archaeology in Niger 183 Fig. 2. The Niger river, near Niamey, summer 1999. typhoides) and livestock (cattle, sheep, and goats). Supplementing domestic crops is the gathering of wild or semiwild grasses and of the fruits and leaves of trees (Connah, 1981; Smith, 1992). The Sahara Desert supports only small
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  3. nigerheritage.org

    In 2000 while prospecting for dinosaurs, a team led by Prof. Paul Sereno discovered an exceptional archaeological site called Gobero, preserving an unprecedented 5,000 years of habitation by peoples living in the latter part of the African Humid Period, from ~14,000-5,500 years ago.The site preserves an exceptional record of human burials, artifacts and fauna, providing the best window into ...
  4. yalescientific.org

    Archaeological Findings in the Middle Niger. Through dating techniques, McIntosh and his team have determined that the earliest cities of the Middle Niger date back at the latest to the mid-first millennium BC. Evidence from artifacts reveal that some cities were of comparable size to the London and Paris of the time, with enormous populations ...
  5. link.springer.com

    This paper considers, under rough chronological headings, work undertaken in Niger in the past century. Sites relevant to the Pleistocene occupation of the Sahara, to the adoption of elements of a "Neolithic package," to the (perhaps misleadingly late) occupation of the Sahel, to alleged metalworking 3000 years ago, and to social complexity, are described and discussed. These data carry a ...
    Author:Anne C. HaourPublished:2003
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  7. nigerheritage.org

    Heritage. World-class heritage unearthed in Niger tells the story of African dinosaurs across more than 100 million years. Much more recently, some 10,000 years ago, lakes formed and transformed the Sahara's dunescape into a "Green Sahara," with one extraordinary site in Niger preserving hundreds of burials, thousands of artifacts, and the untold story of desert peoples who predated the ...
  8. link.springer.com

    The stark division of the known archaeological record of Niger first outlined by Mauny (1949) over 50 years ago remains true. The northern, Saharan half of the country is best known for its prehistoric sites, the south-ern half for its protohistorical settlements. The archaeology of these two
  9. research-portal.uea.ac.uk

    abstract = "This paper considers, under rough chronological headings, work undertaken in Niger in the past century. Sites relevant to the Pleistocene occupation of the Sahara, to the adoption of elements of a "Neolithic package," to the (perhaps misleadingly late) occupation of the Sahel, to alleged metalworking 3000 years ago, and to social complexity, are described and discussed.
  10. nigerheritage.org

    2021 Niger Expedition in Planning; 2020 Winner, A+Award, Best New Cultural Architecture; 2020 NigerHeritage Conference; 2019 New Exhibit, Niamey International Airport; 2019 Niger Expedition discoveries; 2019 NigerHeritage Conferences (Niamey, Agadez) 2018 WTTW interview of Professor Paul Sereno and Assoumana Mallam Issa, Minister of Cultural ...
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