Neolithic Tenerian Culture Stone Grave Goods or Amulets swatowware or nature spirits

or nature spirits

Arfak Mountains

and related groups

leaving a gap to be filled

The depicted animal is immobilized with its feet bound together

Neolithic Tenerian Culture Stone Grave Goods or Amulets swatowware or nature spiritsTenerian Culture, c. 46002500 BC, Tnr Desert, Niger, West Africa Fascinating set of ancient stone and fossil grave goods or amulets from the Tenerian culture, a prehistoric people who flourished in the heart of the Sahara during the Neolithic Subpluviala wetter, greener phase of Saharan history. The Tenerian culture, named after the vast Tnr Desert of Niger, was discovered in 2000 during an archaeological expedition led by Paul Sereno at Gobero, a