Exploring the Archaeological Landscape of the Hamada Deserts of Western Sahara
[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the secure button at the right. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. To help keep the site in operation, please use the amazon search portal at the right - each purchase earns a small amount of advertising revenue **] Exploring the Archaeological Landscape of the Hamada Deserts of Western Sahara Kevin Mc Donald Background Western Sahara is situated south of Morocco and north and east of Mauritania , and has a narrow border in the east with Algeria. It covers approximately 126,000km 2 and, with an estimated population of around 550,000 people, is one of the least densely populated places on earth. It has some of the richest fishing grounds on the west coast of Africa, and also it has extensive deposits of potash , which is used in the production of fertilizer. Mauritania was a Spanish colony from 1884 until 1976 when the Spaniard