Ethnoarchaeology of the Kel Tadrart Tuareg Pastoralism and Resilienc
This book focuses on the issues of resilience and variability of desert pastoralists, explicitly challenging a set of traditional topics of the discourse around pastoralism in arid lands of the Old World. Based on a field research carried out on the Kel T
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Stefano Biagetti
Ethnoarchaeology of the Kel Tadrart Tuareg
Pastoralism and Resilience in Central Sahara
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology
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Stefano Biagetti
Ethnoarchaeology of the Kel Tadrart Tuareg Pastoralism and Resilience in Central Sahara
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Stefano Biagetti Parc de Recerca—Ciències Socials i Humanes Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona Spain
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In memory of my father
Preface
The main tenet of this book is the investigation of mechanisms of pastoral adaptation in hyper arid environments. Based on a field research carried out between 2003 and 2009 among the Kel Tadrart Tuareg in SW Libya in the frame of ‘‘The Archaeological Mission in the Sahara’’ of Sapienza University of Rome, this book explores various facets of a surprisingly successful adaptation to an extremely arid environment. My research vigorousl
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