Human Presence in Tunisia
Prehistory |
2.4Ma | The Oldest Human Occupations in North Africa |
Middle Pleistocene | Acheulean culture, main site in Tunisia : Sidi Zin next to El Kef (archaeological collection stored at the Bardo Museum) | |
From 100 000 to 40 000 BP | The MSA/Aterian culture of El Akarit (Gabes-Southern Tunisia) | |
From 90 000 to 70 000 BP | Aterian culture from Nafta (Tozeur-Southern Tunisia) | |
From 17 000 to 14 000 BP | Iberomaurusian culture of Bir Oum Ali (Kebili, Southern Tunisia) | |
From 10 000 to 7000 cal BP | Capsian culture, with two subdivisions : Typical Capsian and Upper Capsian, the main sites are : El Mekta (Gafsa), Bortal Fakher (Gafsa), Bir Khanfous (Gafsa) , Redeyef (Gafsa), Ain Métherchem (Kasserine), SHM-1 (Sousse) | |
Between 6000 and 5000 BP | Neolithic culture, for example Doukanet el Khoutifa (Siliana, Northern Tunisia), Kef El Agab (Jendouba) , Djebba (Béja), Redeyef (Gafsa) |