{"product_id":"le-sahara-il-y-a-7000-ans-des-lacs-des-rivieres-et-des-hommes","title":"The Sahara 7,000 years ago. Lakes, rivers, and people. ","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDetails-description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"Seller\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDetails-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv id=\"ProductDetails-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003eThe Sahara was not always a desert. Situated between the temperate regions and the humid tropics of Africa, during the Quaternary period it experienced alternating periods of cooling, where aridity increased, and periods of climate warming, where abundant rainfall encouraged the formation of lakes and rivers and the development of vegetation cover.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Prehistoric sites bear witness to this contrasting history which culminates in the Neolithic period, when settlement was densest, between 9,000 and 4,000 years before today.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The Tilemsi Valley in Mali, now dry, represents an exceptional territory for the study of this unexpected Prehistory: a wide variety of ceramics and stone tools, ornaments (including magnificent carnelian beads) and remains of villages have been found there, reflecting an economic, agricultural and social organization.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis work presents in a clear and concise manner the traces left by man at the end of Prehistory in a Sahara that was then welcoming, before the inexorable return of the desert. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDetails-infos\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDetails-technics\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Antinoë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39837365993656,"sku":"14159","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/4043\/6408\/products\/LogoA_Gris_Transparent_1a3903ab-154e-4732-931f-3984aabfd098.png?v=1623076065","url":"https:\/\/anttopinoe.com\/en-en\/products\/le-sahara-il-y-a-7000-ans-des-lacs-des-rivieres-et-des-hommes","provider":"Antinoë","version":"1.0","type":"link"}