Cattle time
The age of cattle refers to an epoch in the history of the Sahara that lasted from about 4000 to 2000 BC. . AD lasted. It is the last wet phase of the Sahara. In the grasslands created at that time, a culture of large herds of cattle developed, which were raised by nomadic peoples and led across the pastureland. Well-preserved rock carvings in present-day Chad are evidence of the cattle era . In Gobero in the Ténéré in Niger , graves from two epochs have been found, the earlier from 7700 to 6200 BC. And after a break of around 1000 years from the cattle era, which started here around 5200 BC. Began and until 2500 BC. Lasted.
With the increasing desertification following the wet phase, the camels gain the upper hand. One also speaks of the camel time following the cattle time .
literature
- Henri Lhote : Les peintures pariétales d'époque bovidienne du Tassili: éléments sur la magic et la religion . In: Journal de la Société des Africanistes . Vol. 36, No. 36-1 , 1966, pp. 7–28 ( online version ).