Western Sahara Project: 2002 Field Season

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The first season of fieldwork was undertaken in September and October 2002, and consited of a reconnaissance survey of the Northern Sector of the Free Zone. The results of this field season were published in Volume 14 of Sahara, the full reference for which is given below, along with links to an online version of the paper and a downloadable version in pdf format. Field report from 2002 field season (pdf file, 180 Kb) See also: Brooks, N., Di Lernia, S., Drake, N., Raffin, M. and Savage, T. 2003. The geoarchaeology of Western Sahara: Preliminary results of the first Anglo-Italian expedition in the “free zone”. Sahara 14: 63. html version or pdf version (8.2 Mb). Main recess in the Bou Dheir rockshelter, identified during the 2002 field season. Click to enlarge.

Platform monument, Wadi Ternit, Northern Sector. Human figure, Bou Dheir. Crescent monument above Bou Dheir rockshelter.