Western Sahara Project: November 2005 Field Season

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 The November 2005 field focused on the excavation of two funerary monuments in the vicinity of Tifariti, in the Northern Sector. These were test excavations intented to yield information about the nature, construction and likely dates of two typical tumulus monuments in an area with a dense concentration of monuments. The results of the excavations are described in the November 2005 field report, and also in a paper in the 2006 issue of Sahara (Vol. 17). The 2005 field season was sponsored by Ophir Energy.

Field report for March 2005 field season (pdf file, 32pp, 22.2 Mb)
See also:
  • Brooks, N., Clarke, J., Crisp, J., Crivellaro, F., Jousse, H., Markiewicz, E., Nichol, M., Raffin, M., Robinson, R., Wasse, A. and Winton, V. 2006. Funerary sites in the "Free Zone": Report on the second and third seasons of fieldwork of the Western Sahara Project. Sahara 17, 73-94. Online version with full colour figures and field photos. pdf version (2.1 Mb).


Monument2_section

Cross-section through second monument, showing burial chamber and construction on bedrock.


Monument1_finds

Finds from monument 1: ostrich eggshell beads, metal point, carnelian bead and decorated pottery.

See field report or Sahara article (above) for further details of excavations and findings.
Monument_ex
First tumulus monument, cleared, prior to excavation.

skeleton
Human remains in burial chamber of above monument.

chamber
Burial chamber of second tumulus monument.

skeleton2
Human remains in second monument.

Bazina
Bazina monument, NW of excavated monuments.