Africa · Civilization

Dhar Tichitt agropastoral settlements

c. 2000-300 BCE, with regional phases · West Africa

Dry-stone settlements across the Tichitt-Walata-Nema escarpments document long-lived agropastoral communities, storage and social differentiation before the western Sahelian empires.

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How the setting appeared

Dry escarpments held clustered stone compounds near seasonal pasture and cultivable pockets.

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How people lived

Households farmed, herded and stored food; settlement hierarchy suggests organization without proving a centralized state.

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How people worked

Pearl millet cultivation, livestock management, stone building and pottery supported communities under increasing aridity.

Agent citation CIT-CAMBRIDGE-DHAR-TICHITTCIT-UNESCO-GENERAL-HISTORY-AFRICA Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Material evidence does not identify named gods or a uniform ritual system.

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Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CAMBRIDGE-DHAR-TICHITT

The Tichitt tradition in the West African Sahel

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-world-history/tichitt-tradition-in-the-west-african-sahel/FA8A6F2725008517F6ABD93007B96405

The Cambridge World History, Cambridge University Press

CIT-UNESCO-GENERAL-HISTORY-AFRICA

General History of Africa

https://www.unesco.org/en/general-history-africa

UNESCO

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