Jared Carballo-Pérez
@jaredcarballo.bsky.social
Archaeologist 🏺 | Bioanthropologist 🦴 | Decoding ancient lives through bones, landscapes & history 🌍 | PhD in Archaeology | Postdoc researcher @UAB | Nerd for African (pre)history & gender studies | Always down for a chat about the present and the past ✨
Hamza Benattia’s research empowers North Africa to reclaim its transformative role in Mediterranean history, refuting outdated colonial narratives. Learn how ancient innovations shaped social identities!
February 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hamza Benattia’s research empowers North Africa to reclaim its transformative role in Mediterranean history, refuting outdated colonial narratives. Learn how ancient innovations shaped social identities!
Why does it matters?
Our findings debunk the myth of North Africa as a “terra nullius” before the Phoenicians, showing instead that local Amazigh communities were innovative, organized, and integrated into extensive Mediterranean networks
Our findings debunk the myth of North Africa as a “terra nullius” before the Phoenicians, showing instead that local Amazigh communities were innovative, organized, and integrated into extensive Mediterranean networks
February 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why does it matters?
Our findings debunk the myth of North Africa as a “terra nullius” before the Phoenicians, showing instead that local Amazigh communities were innovative, organized, and integrated into extensive Mediterranean networks
Our findings debunk the myth of North Africa as a “terra nullius” before the Phoenicians, showing instead that local Amazigh communities were innovative, organized, and integrated into extensive Mediterranean networks
Our approach:
Using radiocarbon dating, archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analyses, and detailed material studies, we reconstructed a rich Bronze Age narrative that challenges established views 🌾🐄🏺
Using radiocarbon dating, archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analyses, and detailed material studies, we reconstructed a rich Bronze Age narrative that challenges established views 🌾🐄🏺
February 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Our approach:
Using radiocarbon dating, archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analyses, and detailed material studies, we reconstructed a rich Bronze Age narrative that challenges established views 🌾🐄🏺
Using radiocarbon dating, archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological analyses, and detailed material studies, we reconstructed a rich Bronze Age narrative that challenges established views 🌾🐄🏺
🔍What did we uncover?
• KK1 (2200–2000 cal BC): Early, sporadic activity.
• KK2 (1300–900 cal BC): A thriving, sedentary farming settlement with circular dwellings, storage pits, and active trade links
• KK3 (8th–7th c. BC): Hybrid architecture—local and Phoenician methods
• KK1 (2200–2000 cal BC): Early, sporadic activity.
• KK2 (1300–900 cal BC): A thriving, sedentary farming settlement with circular dwellings, storage pits, and active trade links
• KK3 (8th–7th c. BC): Hybrid architecture—local and Phoenician methods
February 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🔍What did we uncover?
• KK1 (2200–2000 cal BC): Early, sporadic activity.
• KK2 (1300–900 cal BC): A thriving, sedentary farming settlement with circular dwellings, storage pits, and active trade links
• KK3 (8th–7th c. BC): Hybrid architecture—local and Phoenician methods
• KK1 (2200–2000 cal BC): Early, sporadic activity.
• KK2 (1300–900 cal BC): A thriving, sedentary farming settlement with circular dwellings, storage pits, and active trade links
• KK3 (8th–7th c. BC): Hybrid architecture—local and Phoenician methods
✍🏽 New research on prehistoric Mediterranean Africa at Kach Kouch, Morocco, reveals a dynamic Bronze Age society—long before Phoenician influence. Led by archaeologist Hamza Benattia Melgarejo and a team of young Moroccan experts, this study rewrites North African history
February 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
✍🏽 New research on prehistoric Mediterranean Africa at Kach Kouch, Morocco, reveals a dynamic Bronze Age society—long before Phoenician influence. Led by archaeologist Hamza Benattia Melgarejo and a team of young Moroccan experts, this study rewrites North African history