Southwestern Libya and the central Sahara

Recent advances in archaeological research have significantly enhanced our understanding of past cultural pathways in the Tadrart Acacus massif and surrounding regions of southwestern Libya. This central Saharan area, characterized by its unique physiographic units and dynamic climate history marked by Holocene wet-dry oscillations, has emerged as a pivotal site for studying Saharan hunter-gatherer cultures. Despite challenges posed by the Arab Spring, novel approaches have revealed critical insights into the region's complex environmental and cultural evolution. The study integrates current environmental features with paleoclimatic data to reconstruct past human adaptations in this equidistant zone between the Mediterranean and Sahel belts.

di Lernia, S. (2022). Southwestern Libya and the central Sahara. Saharan Hunter-Gatherers, 6–28. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003083580-2