# Sao 2008: Les environnements sédimentaires des gisements pré-acheuléens et acheuléens des wadis Akerdil et Bamouéré (Guelb er-Richât, Adrar, Mauritanie), une première approche

> Ousmane Sao, Pierre Giresse, Henry de Lumley et al., 2008. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the pre-Acheulean and Acheulean sites of…

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# Les environnements sédimentaires des gisements pré-acheuléens et acheuléens des wadis Akerdil et Bamouéré (Guelb er-Richât, Adrar, Mauritanie), une première approche

Ousmane Sao, Pierre Giresse, Henry de Lumley et al., 2008. _L'Anthropologie_ 112(1): 1-14.

First study of the sediments around the pre-Acheulean and Acheulean accumulations that Théodore Monod found in the outer ring of the Richat, along Wadi Akerdil and Wadi Bamouéré; the sites formed in humid phases near outcrops of Chinguetti quartzite sandstone that supplied the raw material.

**Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.anthro.2008.01.001](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2008.01.001)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the pre-Acheulean and Acheulean sites of the outer ring and the quartzite outcrops that supplied them.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Pre-Acheulean and Acheulean accumulations lie in the outer ring by the wadis and quartzite outcrops](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVSR3W6YJ/pre-acheulean-and-acheulean-accumulations-lie-in-the-outer)

Evidence

EVD

[The Akerdil and Bamouéré deposits are described as pre-Acheulean and Acheulean sites](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW8XDJK7J/the-akerdil-and-bamouere-deposits-are-described-as-pre)

Evidence

EVD

[Missions led by Henry de Lumley study the Palaeolithic of the Adrar and the Richat](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/events/EVT0DCKQWN75F04/missions-led-by-henry-de-lumley-study-the-palaeolithic-of)

EVT

[Théodore Monod](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/people/FIG0DCKQD1PC50S/theodore-monod)

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[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Sao, O., Giresse, P., de Lumley, H., Faure, O., Perrenoud, C., Saos, T., Ould Rachid, M., & Touré, O. C. (2008). Les environnements sédimentaires des gisements pré-acheuléens et acheuléens des wadis Akerdil et Bamouéré (Guelb er-Richât, Adrar, Mauritanie), une première approche. L'Anthropologie, 112(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2008.01.001
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