Palaeoenvironment and Stratigraphy of the Quaternary Deposits in the Ain Zerga Region (Tébessa)
contributors
Coordinateur :
Abderrzak DJERRAB, Rabah ZEDAM, Nadia BAHRA, Muriel RUAULT-DJERRAB
abstract
The rock shelter of Oued Boussemane, located in Tébessa Province about 20 km northeast of the city of Tébessa, is carved into Cenozoic nummulitic limestone (Lutetian and Ypresian). Continuously occupied during the Quaternary by several prehistoric cultures, the site provides valuable insights into paleoenvironmental conditions and human lifeways. A geological sounding revealed a stratigraphic section of approximately 150 cm containing more than 500 artifacts (flint tools, bones, ceramics). Twenty-seven sediment samples were also collected for multidisciplinary analyses (sedimentology, magnetism, micromorphology, faunal studies), underscoring the site’s importance for reconstructing prehistoric environments and activities…..