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Berber nomad woman with child at Cara Aderg camp near El Beyedh, Maretania. - 1970

The earth is slow to absorb the water because clay is often deposited in the bed of the receding rivers, as seen here on the track between El Beyed and Ouadane in Mauritania. - 1970

At El Beyed, Mauritania, although no palaeontological documents are available, a very important Acheulean deposit, characterised mainly by bifaces and choppers, outcrops on the present ground. The position of the geological layers in which the industries are found gives a first chronological approach. But, of course, it is not known to which human type they belong. No serious excavations have yet been carried out in this region, which is becoming increasingly rich.

At El Beyed, Mauritania, although no palaeontological documents are available, a very important Acheulean deposit, characterised mainly by bifaces and choppers, outcrops on the present ground. The position of the geological layers in which the industries are found gives a first chronological approach. But, of course, it is not known to which human type they belong. No serious excavations have yet been carried out in this region, which is becoming increasingly rich.

At El Beyed, Mauritania, although no palaeontological documents are available, a very important Acheulean deposit, characterised mainly by bifaces and choppers, outcrops on the present ground. The position of the geological layers in which the industries are found gives a first chronological approach. But, of course, it is not known to which human type they belong. No serious excavations have yet been carried out in this region, which is becoming increasingly rich.