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At Terarart, south of Djanet, you will not only find the highly stylised but carefully executed Weeping Cattle on a group of rocks, which are among the most beautiful Saharan rock art has left behind. If you are lucky, you will also find Neolithic stone axes in the sand.

Probably the most common evidence of the Neolithic in the Sahara are arrowheads. - The polished axe must have been the primary weapon or implement of Neolithic man. Thousands of them have been found, and the beauty of its shape and the fine grain of the minerals chosen are a source of admiration. – Site 1 - Enneri Blaka - Niger – 1975

The polished axe must have been the primary weapon or implement of Neolithic man. Thousands of them have been found, and the beauty of its shape and the fine grain of the minerals chosen are a source of admiration. Numerous ethnographic comparisons allow us to assume that it was shafted in wood, the shaft hole having been drilled with the help of fire. A vegetable resin, like glue, may have secured the fastening (IFAN Collection, Dakar, Senegal) - 1969

The polished axe must have been the primary weapon or implement of Neolithic man. Thousands of them have been found, and the beauty of its shape and the fine grain of the minerals chosen are a source of admiration. Numerous ethnographic comparisons allow us to assume that it was shafted in wood, the shaft hole having been drilled with the help of fire. A vegetable resin, like glue, may have secured the fastening (IFAN Collection, Dakar, Senegal) - 1969

The polished axe must have been the primary weapon or implement of Neolithic man. Thousands of them have been found, and the beauty of its shape and the fine grain of the minerals chosen are a source of admiration. Numerous ethnographic comparisons allow us to assume that it was shafted in wood, the shaft hole having been drilled with the help of fire. A vegetable resin, like glue, may have secured the fastening (IFAN Collection, Dakar, Senegal) - 1969

Among the polished axes, the "grooved axes" (French haches à gorge) occupy a special place both because of their beauty and because of the technical mastery to which they bear witness. These two pieces (collection M. Bruggmann) come from the Ténéré, where they are relatively common. The closest find site is the Wadi Beth in Morocco - several hundred kilometres away.

The polished axe must have been the primary weapon or implement of Neolithic man. Thousands of them have been found, and the beauty of its shape and the fine grain of the minerals chosen are a source of admiration. Numerous ethnographic comparisons allow us to assume that it was shafted in wood, the shaft hole having been drilled with the help of fire. A vegetable resin, like glue, may have secured the fastening (IFAN Collection, Dakar, Senegal) - 1969