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[[File:Bencomo.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The statue of Bencomo, the ruler of [[Guanches]], at [[Tenerife]]]] |
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'''Mechta-Afalou''' or '''Mechtoid''' are an extinct |
'''Mechta-Afalou''' or '''Mechtoid''' are an extinct population of North Africa. They inhabited the region during late Paleolithic and Mesolithic, and are associated with the [[Iberomaurusian]] archaeological culture. |
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Mechtoids are believed to have been assimilated during the [[Neolithic]] and early [[Bronze Age]] by the makers of the ensuing [[Capsian culture]].<ref>{{cite journal|authors=P. Sheppard & D. Lubell|title=Early Holocene Maghreb prehistory: an evolutionary approach|journal=Sahara|date=1991|volume=3|pages=63-9|url=http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~dlubell/Sahara_Sheppard%20&%20Lubell.pdf|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref> Craniometric analysis indicates that these Iberomaurusians were closely related to the early [[Holocene]] Capsians of the Maghreb, as well as the early Holocene [[Kiffian culture|Kiffians]] of the Sahara.<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Sereno PC, ((Garcea EAA)), Jousse H, Stojanowski CM, ((Saliège J-F)), Maga A|title=Lakeside Cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 Years of Holocene Population and Environmental Change|journal=PLoS ONE|date=2008|volume=3|issue=8|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0002995|url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002995.PDF|accessdate=3 August 2016|display-authors=etal}}</ref> |
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Mechtoids were assimilated during [[Neolithic]] and early [[Bronze Age]] by bearers of [[Afroasiatic languages]]. The [[Capsian culture]], from the anthropological standpoint, is considered an indigenous development. |
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:''In summary the various lines of evidence, used to argue for derivation of the Capsian from the east, in fact suggest the opposite, and simpler conclusion of continuity between the Iberomaurusian and Capsian. In the early Holocene as the Iberomaurusian populations moved inland to take advantage of the improved climatic conditions at the end of the Pleistocene adaptive divergence occurred resulting in inter-regional variability.''.<ref name="Sheppard and Lubell 1991"> |
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1991 P. Sheppard & D. Lubell. [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~dlubell/Sahara_Sheppard%20&%20Lubell.pdf Early Holocene Maghreb prehistory: an evolutionary approach]. ''Sahara'' 3: 63-9 |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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Revision as of 02:17, 4 August 2016
Mechta-Afalou or Mechtoid are an extinct population of North Africa. They inhabited the region during late Paleolithic and Mesolithic, and are associated with the Iberomaurusian archaeological culture. Mechtoids are believed to have been assimilated during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age by the makers of the ensuing Capsian culture.[1] Craniometric analysis indicates that these Iberomaurusians were closely related to the early Holocene Capsians of the Maghreb, as well as the early Holocene Kiffians of the Sahara.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Early Holocene Maghreb prehistory: an evolutionary approach" (PDF). Sahara. 3: 63–9. 1991. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Sereno PC, Garcea EAA, Jousse H, Stojanowski CM, Saliège J-F, Maga A, et al. (2008). "Lakeside Cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 Years of Holocene Population and Environmental Change" (PDF). PLoS ONE. 3 (8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002995. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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References
- Physical Anthropology of European Populations, Mouton, 1980.