CC By Ilan Molcho

Emmanuelle Honoré (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, UMR 8068 TEMPS – Technology and Ethnology of Prehistoric Worlds) will speak on Tuesday, June 2nd at 5:00 PM as part of the Seminar on the History and Epistemology of Prehistory of the UMR “Natural History of Prehistoric Humanities”: “Between Crisis and Progress: Adaptation Strategies and Non-Strategies in the Face of Holocene Aridification in the Sahara”.

At the end of the Middle Holocene (7000–4000 BP), the Sahara underwent dramatic environmental changes, including the rapid aridification of the “Green Sahara.” While archaeological records reveal a dynamic of human groups retreating toward the massifs, material culture shows no major changes. However, the study of the repertoire and practices of rock art from the same period offers a starkly contrasting picture, documenting the emergence of pastoralism—a new practice long described as an adaptation strategy in the face of environmental change.

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