Le site néolithique de Wakrita (République de Djibouti) : données nouvelles sur les débuts de la domestication animale dans la Corne de l'Afrique
Abstract
The site of Wakrita is a small Neolithic establishment located on a wadi in the tectonic depression ofGobaad in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. The 2005 excavations yielded abundant ceramics that enabled usto define one Neolithic cultural facies of this region, which was also identified at the nearby site of AsaKoma. The faunal remains confirm the importance of fishing in Neolithic settlements close to Lake Abbe´,but also the importance of bovine husbandry and, for the first time in this area, evidence for caprine herdingpractices. Radiocarbon dating places this occupation at the beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C., similar inrange to Asa Koma. These two sites represent the oldest evidence of herding in the region, and theyprovide a better understanding of the development of Neolithic societies in this region.