Tichit

The Neolithic sites of Dhar Tichitt were settled around 2000 BC by agropastoral communities known as the Tichitt culture [1]. Archaeologists including P.J. Munson, Augustin F.C. Holl, and S. Amblard have found some evidence that millet was farmed there from the date of the communities' foundation [1]. The settlements were generally situated on the cliffs and included stone buildings [1]. They are the oldest surviving archaeological settlements in West Africa and the oldest stone-built settlements south of the Sahara [1]. They are thought to have been built by the proto-Soninke people and were possibly the precursor of the Ghana Empire [1].