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FormalPara Definition:The earliest phase of rock art in northern Africa, between 12,000 and 8,000 BC, in which large-scale carvings of animals appeared. These early engravings – in southern Oran, in Algeria, and in Libya – reflect a hunting economy based on the now-extinct giant buffalo Homoioceras antiquus or Bubalus antiquus (hence the name).
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(2021). Bubalus Period. In: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58292-0_20703
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