Archéologie de la région Mandara-Diamaré

Migration of Chadic speaking pastoralists within Africa based on population structure of Chad Basin and phylogeography of mitochondrial L3f haplogroup

“…Archaeological excavations around Lake Chad have documented several cultural changes tightly linked with oscillating climatic phases [ 14 , 15 ]. Uninterrupted settlement is associated with the Early Holocene (~8,000-5,000 YBP) and the establishment of the first settled communities [ 16 - 18 , 13 ]. The earliest evidence for settlement is in Dufuna in the Upper Yobe valley along the Komadugu Guna River in Northern Nigeria where the oldest boat (~8,000 YBP) on the African continent has been unearthed [ 19 ].…”

mtDNA sequences of Chadic-speaking populations from northern Cameroon suggest their affinities with eastern Africa

“…Excavations in its southern part have revealed a huge quantity of archaeological resources documenting cultural changes and human movements that are closely bound up with the changing environment of Lake Chad in past climatic phases (Connah 1981, Maley 1981, David and MacEachern 1988). Permanent settlement is first linked to Early Holocene (8000-5000 BP) development and the beginnings of a Neolithic economy (Rapp 1984, Delneuf 1998, Marliac et al 2000, Holl 2002. The earliest evidence of Holocene settlement in the Chad Basin comes from Dufuna in the Upper Yobe valley, along the Komadugu Guna river in northern Nigeria.…”

“…From the end of the first millennium BC slag appears in archaeological contexts, this being evidence of metallurgy. It has been suggested that alongside those groups of inhabitants who began to adopt these technological advances, traditional Neolithic communities may have survived at the feet of the rocky massifs (Marliac et al 2000).…”