Desert Migrations Project XVI: Radiocarbon Dates from the Murzuq Region, Southern Libya

摘要: This article concerns a series of 20 samples submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating from historic sites in the Libyan Sahara. The had been identified initially remote sensing analysis, then visited on ground 2011 and organic suitable programme obtained. With help an award NERC-AHRC National Radiocarbon Facility, this initial suite dates has provided. results are important several ways. They demonstrate very clearly that settlement hyper-arid desert landscape reached its densest pattern late Garamantian era, broadly fourth-fifth centuries AD. In Islamic era followed, though overall population appears less dense, our throw light possible phases renewal.