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  Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates | 32°53′59″N 22°03′05″E / 32.89972°N 22.05139°E |
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| Altitude | 67 m (220 ft) |
| History | |
| Material | karst cave |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Charles McBurney, Graeme Barker |
Haua Fteah (Arabic: هوا فطيح, romanized: Hawā Fṭiyaḥ) is a large karstic cave located in the Cyrenaica in northeastern Libya.[1] This site has been of significance to research on African archaeological history and anatomically modern human prehistory because it was occupied during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, the Mesolithic and the Neolithic.[1] Evidence of modern human presence in the cave date back to 200,000 BP.[2]
The term 'haua' describes a typical cave structure of the local coastal area, which has been formed in its present shape by erosion processes of the sea during the early stage of the Pleistocene.[3]
- ^ a b Douka, Katerina; Jacobs, Zenobia; Lane, Christine; Grün, Rainer; Farr, Lucy; Hunt, Chris; Inglis, Robyn H.; Reynolds, Tim; Albert, Paul; Aubert, Maxime; Cullen, Victoria; Hill, Evan; Kinsley, Leslie; Roberts, Richard G.; Tomlinson, Emma L.; Wulf, Sabine; Barker, Graeme (January 2014). "The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya)". Journal of Human Evolution. 66: 39–63. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.10.001. PMID 24331954.
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