entity · site_haua_fteah
Haua Fteah
A major cave sequence in Cyrenaica with a late prehistoric use horizon near the project’s final century.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
900 BCE–810 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
New Light on the Silent Millennia: Mediterranean Africa, ca. 4000–900 BC — Lucarini, Giulio, Bokbot, Youssef, Broodbank, Cyprian (2021)Provides the relevant late prehistoric horizon.
Locator: Cyrenaica discussion; Context 126/Layer IV c. 900–810 BC
Research description
Haua Fteah contributes rare stratified evidence for late prehistoric Cyrenaica. The relevant c. 900–810 BCE horizon is modest and should not be used to define a region-wide culture or a Greek-period population before colonization.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
New Light on the Silent Millennia: Mediterranean Africa, ca. 4000–900 BC — Lucarini, Giulio, Bokbot, Youssef, Broodbank, Cyprian (2021)Provides the relevant late prehistoric horizon.
Locator: Cyrenaica discussion; Context 126/Layer IV c. 900–810 BC