Dhar Tichitt

Dhar Tichitt
Wilson McMakin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dhar Tichitt is a Neolithic archaeological site along sandstone cliffs in Mauritania's southwestern Sahara.[1] Part of the Tichitt culture alongside Dhar Walata, Dhar Néma, and Dhar Tagant, it may have functioned as the primary regional center for a hierarchical social system.[1] Inhabited by pastoralists and farmers from approximately 2000 BCE to 300 BCE (4000-2300 BP), it ranks among West Africa's earliest known settlement sites.[1]

TypeCity/town/settlement
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryMauritania
Coordinates18.4518° N, 9.4053° W

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