El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania

Why it mattersKey Saharan Neolithic to Berber/Garamantian fringe megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 3500 BCE earliest cairns

Period

Neolithic to Iron (3500 BCE–800 CE tumuli sequence)

Culture

Saharan Neolithic to Berber/Garamantian fringe

Purpose

1000+ tumulus field on Awkar rim — Saharan cairn continuum 3500 BCE–800 CE with Libyan warrior and Tifinagh phase

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1857

Excavation

Unexcavated

1. c. 3500 BCE earliest cairns

   Initial construction / first occupation at El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania

2. c. 1200 CE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania

3. 1970 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania

• El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania — Principal Standing Stone

  standing stone

  standing stone at El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania — primary structure

  20.5098° N · 13.0799° W

• El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania — Northern Chamber

  chamber

  chamber at El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania — outlier feature

  20.5103° N · 13.0807° W

• El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania — Cairn Annex 3

  cairn

  cairn at El Ghaddar — Old Awkar Stone Cairn Fields Mauretania — outlier feature

  20.5100° N · 13.0820° W