Takarkori
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Takarkori is an archaeological site and rock shelter located in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains of southwestern Libya. During the Holocene, humans occupied the site between 10,170 cal BP and 4650 cal BP. Takarkori rockshelter is one of two sites where the earliest evidence of plant processing in pottery has been found, is the first Saharan site where ancient DNA was able to be extracted, particularly from two interred individuals, and is also a site with artifacts which include bone tools, stone tools, wooden tools, pottery, fiber goods, and carved figurines.
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It sits within the topics Archaeological sites in Libya, Fezzan and Ghat, Libya.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Libya
- Located in
- Ghat District
- Image
- Takakori Rock Shelter.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Archaeology
- Baskets
- Pottery
- Pigments
- Plants
- Periods of occupation
- Late Acacus Period (10,200 cal BP - 8000 cal BP)
- Early Pastoral Period (8300 cal BP - 7300 cal BP)
- Middle Pastoral Period (7100 cal BP - 5600 cal BP)
- Late Pastoral Period (5900 cal BP - 4300 cal BP)
- Ancient DNA
- References
Takarkori is an archaeological site and rock shelter located in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains of southwestern Libya. During the Holocene, humans occupied the site between 10,170 cal BP and 4650 cal BP. Takarkori rockshelter is one of two sites where the earliest evidence of plant processing in pottery has been found, is the first Saharan site where ancient DNA was able to be extracted, particularly from two interred individuals, and is also a site with artifacts which include bone tools, stone tools, wooden tools, pottery, fiber goods, and carved figurines.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Takarkori” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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