Amazmaz

Amazmaz
	Gueltas of Amazmaz
	Shown within Mauritania
Location	Adrar plateau
Region	Adrar, Mauritania
Coordinates	19°43′00″N 13°26′00″W / 19.71667°N 13.43333°W
History
Periods	Neolithic

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Amazmaz is an isolated elevation with steep slopes in the western part of the Adrar plateau in Mauritania, 300 km northeast of the capital Nouakchott.^[1]

Rock paintings of the Amazmaz gueltas

At the foot of the hill there are the gueltas of Amazmaz, a chain of ponds, hidden among rocks and surrounded by rushes, but used for thousands of years, as evidenced by the rock paintings on the slopes bordering the waters.^[2]

Gallery

Rock painting of a bovine
Rock painting of a bovine
Rock engraving of a bovine

References

^ Geography of Amazmaz (retrieved 2020-03-15).
^ Robert Vernet, Baouba Ould Mohamed Naffé: Dictionnaire archéologique de la Mauritanie. Université de Nouakchott, 2003.

[1] Geography of Amazmaz (retrieved 2020-03-15).

[2] Robert Vernet, Baouba Ould Mohamed Naffé: Dictionnaire archéologique de la Mauritanie. Université de Nouakchott, 2003.

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