Western Sahara Project: March-April 2005 Field Season

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The March 2005 field season consisted of initial reconnaissance survey work in the Southern Sector of the Free Zone. The results were summarised within two papers, referenced (with links to pdf versions) below. Thanks are due to Mark Milburn and Stefan Kroepelin for their contributions to this season of fieldwork. Field report for March 2005 field season (pdf, 92 Kb) 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). Brooks, N. 2005. Cultural heritage and conflict: The threatened archaeology of Western Sahara. The Journal of North African Studies 304, 413-439. pdf version (3 Mb) Small funerary complex, consisting of an enclosure containing a number of funerary monuments of different types. Quasi-linear "ridge"-tpe monuments are embedded in the perimeter (e.g. centre left). Note the dense concentration of quartz within and to the right of the enclosure.

Unusual funerary monument, Lajuad. Arm of large crescent monument, Aij, near Lajuad. Fragment of decorated pottery, Lektaytayghra hills. Abstract rock engravings, Lajuad.