The Dynamics of Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600–1000 bc

An Interpretative Synthesis of Knowns and Unknowns

Authors

  • Cyprian Broodbank University of Cambridge
  • Giulio Lucarini National Research Council of Italy (ISPC-CNR) and University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jma.40581

Keywords:

climate change, domestication, farming, Holocene, Lower Egypt, Maghreb, Mediterranean, North Africa, pastoralism, radiocarbon

Abstract

Mediterranean Africa forms a crucial junction between the wider Saharan zone and the rest of the Mediterranean.In contrast to its well-investigated history from the first millennium BC onward, its antecedentdynamics are very poorly understood, and deeper archaeological histories of the Mediterranean thereforeremain unbalanced and incomplete. This paper draws on a new surge in data to present the first up-todateinterpretative synthesis of this region's archaeology from the start of the Holocene until the threshold ofthe Iron Age (9600-1000 bc). It presents the evidence for climatic, environmental and sea-level change,followed by analysis of the chronological and spatial patterning of all radiocarbon dates from MediterraneanAfrica, brought together for the first time. The principal exploration then divides into three phases.During Phase 1 (9600-6200 bc) diverse forms of hunting, gathering and foraging were ubiquitous.Phase 2 (6200-4000 bc) witnessed more continuity than elsewhere in the Mediterranean, but also thewidespread uptake of domesticated livestock and gradual evolution of herding societies, as well as limitedenclaves of farming. Phase 3 (4000-1000 bc) has been least explored, outside developments in Egypt; inthe east this phase witnessed the emergence of fully nomadic and transhumant pastoralism, with politicalsuperstructures, while trajectories in the west remain obscure, but in parts of the Maghreb suggest complexpossibilities. Contacts with the Mediterranean maritime world grew during the third and second millenniabc, while interaction to the south was transformed by desertification. Understanding how the southernMediterranean shore was drawn into Iron Age networks will require much better knowledge of its indigenoussocieties. The present constitutes a pivotal moment, in terms of accumulated knowledge, pathways forfuture investigation and engagement with a challenging current geopolitical situation.

Author Biographies

  • Cyprian Broodbank, University of Cambridge

    Cyprian Broodbank is Disney Professor of Archaeology, Director of the McDonald Institutefor Archaeological Research and Head of theDepartment of Archaeology at the Universityof Cambridge. He was previously Professor ofMediterranean Archaeology at the UCL Instituteof Archaeology. He has a long-standing interestin the overall archaeology and deep history of theMediterranean region and its analogues globally.His recent book The Making of the Middle Sea: AHistory of the Mediterranean from the Beginning tothe Emergence of the Classical World (2013) wonthe Wolfson History and Nonino Prizes, andalso served to stimulate his curiosity about thecomparative dynamics of Mediterranean Africa.His long-term fieldwork has been centred on theAegean island of Kythera, Greece, where he codirectsthe Kythera Island Project.

  • Giulio Lucarini, National Research Council of Italy (ISPC-CNR) and University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’

    Giulio Lucarini holds a permanent post asResearcher at the Institute of Heritage Science,National Research Council of Italy (ISPCCNR),an Adjunct Professorship in Prehistoryand Protohistory at the University of NaplesL'Orientale, an Honorary Research Fellowshipat the McDonald Institute for ArchaeologicalResearch, University of Cambridge and a VisitingProfessorship in African Archaeology atAddis Ababa University, and is a member of theInternational Association of Mediterranean andOriental Studies, Italy. Since finishing his PhD atthe University of Naples L'Orientale, his researchhas focused on human adaptations to the environmentand the emergence of food productionbetween the Saharan regions and the southernMediterranean coast. He is Co-Director of theFarafra Archaeological Project in Egypt and ofthe Central Tunisia Archaeological Project, anda senior member of several additional currentarchaeological investigations in North Africa and the Mediterranean. He is interested in the studyof material culture, especially lithic productionand function, and how artefact assemblagesreflect socio-economic change and interactionsbetween humans and their environment. Furtherinterests lie in archaeological heritage and thestudy and preservation of rock art sites.

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Broodbank, C., & Lucarini, G. (2020). The Dynamics of Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600–1000 bc: An Interpretative Synthesis of Knowns and Unknowns. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, 32(2), 195-267. https://doi.org/10.1558/jma.40581