The Prehistory Of The Algerian Sahara In The Context Of The Review African Publications

Abstract

The African review published studies dealing with the prehistory of the Algerian Sahara during the French occupation, at the end of the 19th century, it supported the first research supervised by various categories of researchers by sending reports reporting on prehistoric remains and sites, then turned to the interests of scientific missions whose specializations varied to serve the prehistoric knowledge that had roamed the Sahara for nearly a century. This research highlights these studies through the bibliography of the review, aims to extrapolate the stages of the scientific legacy left by the authors, its methods and trends, which should help current researchs to generate a more flexible discussion on the scientific questions and problems still pending.

The evaluation of the results of this research process presented various scientific stations that followed the development of prehistoric knowledge on a global scale, which distinguishes them from the disparity of research capacities in collection, inventory, carrying out archaeological excavations and laboratory analyses, which produced a state of knowledge on the chronological eras and cultures of the Sahara which seemed too influenced by Europeanism, so that the state of confusion remained on most of this which was discussed at local and continental scientific conferences.