# Vernet 2022: Le Paléolithique en Mauritanie

> Robert Vernet, 2022. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A prehistorian's overview, cited for the Richat pebble-tool concentration, the 1999…

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# Le Paléolithique en Mauritanie

Robert Vernet, 2022. _Préhistoire de l'Ouest Saharien_.

Overview of the Mauritanian Palaeolithic by a prehistorian of the western Sahara: the Richât east of Ouadane as probably the largest concentration of pebble tools in the Sahara, the in-situ site found by G. Prince in 1999, the 1999–2006 missions, and the absence of any dated regional stratigraphy.

**Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary source** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

A prehistorian's overview, cited for the Richat pebble-tool concentration, the 1999 in-situ site, the lack of dated stratigraphy and the empty Sahara of the Last Glacial Maximum.

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[A pebble-tool site found in 1999 was in place in a palaeosol, with a refit, and judged older than the early Acheulean](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW8KM9Y4K/a-pebble-tool-site-found-in-1999-was-in-place-in-a-palaeosol)

Evidence

EVD

[No assemblage has a dated stratigraphy or absolute date](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW9A4ABX1/no-assemblage-has-a-dated-stratigraphy-or-absolute-date)

Evidence

EVD

[No city, pottery, walls or engineering works have been reported from the structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVVQTXTE1/no-city-pottery-walls-or-engineering-works-have-been)

Evidence

EVD

[Pebble tools in the Adrar are generally found in an Acheulean context](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW9NQQ3KW/pebble-tools-in-the-adrar-are-generally-found-in-an)

Evidence

EVD

[The 1999 in-situ site differs in condition and make-up from the surface pebble tools](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKWA1RAJBT/the-1999-in-situ-site-differs-in-condition-and-make-up-from)

Evidence

EVD

[The Sahara was probably empty of people between about 28,000 and 11,500 cal BP](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVVA056DK/the-sahara-was-probably-empty-of-people-between-about-28-000)

Evidence

EVD

[G. Prince finds an undisturbed pebble-tool site in the Richat](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/events/EVT0DCKQW9SZVXS/g-prince-finds-an-undisturbed-pebble-tool-site-in-the-richat)

EVT

[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

[Robert Vernet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/people/FIG0DCKQF0817TZ/robert-vernet)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Vernet, R. (2022). Le Paléolithique en Mauritanie. Préhistoire de l'Ouest Saharien. https://prehistoireouestsaharienne.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/le-paleolithique-en-mauritanie/
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[Read it free at prehistoireouestsaharienne.wordpress.com](https://prehistoireouestsaharienne.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/le-paleolithique-en-mauritanie/)

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