Laas Geel (Somali: Laas Geel), also spelled Laas Gaal, are cave formations on the rural outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland, situated in the Maroodi Jeex region of the country. They contain some of the earliest known cave paintings of domesticated African aurochs (Bos primigenius africanus) in the Horn of Africa. Laas Geel's rock art is estimated to date to circa 3,500-2,500 BCE.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
^"Laas Geel, Somaliland". British Museum. Unlike many other rock art sites, Laas Geel has been dated quite precisely thanks to the excavations carried out in one of the shelters by the French team that documented the site. During the excavation parts of the painted rock wall were recovered, and therefore the archaeologists have proposed a chronology of mid-4th to mid-3rd millennia, being one of the oldest evidences of cattle domestication in the Horn of Africa and the oldest known rock art site in this region.
^Farrar, V. Tarikhu (2020-01-31). Precolonial African Material Culture: Combatting Stereotypes of Technological Backwardness. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-7936-0643-3.
^Bradley, D G; MacHugh, D E; Cunningham, P; Loftus, R T (1996-05-14). "Mitochondrial diversity and the origins of African and European cattle". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93 (10): 5131–5135. Bibcode:1996PNAS...93.5131B. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.10.5131. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 39419. PMID 8643540.
^Pitt, Daniel; Sevane, Natalia; Nicolazzi, Ezequiel L.; MacHugh, David E.; Park, Stephen D. E.; Colli, Licia; Martinez, Rodrigo; Bruford, Michael W.; Orozco‐terWengel, Pablo (2018-07-23). "Domestication of cattle: Two or three events?". Evolutionary Applications. 12 (1): 123–136. doi:10.1111/eva.12674. ISSN 1752-4571. PMC 6304694. PMID 30622640.
^Brass, Michael (2018-03-01). "Early North African Cattle Domestication and Its Ecological Setting: A Reassessment". Journal of World Prehistory. 31 (1): 81–115. doi:10.1007/s10963-017-9112-9. ISSN 1573-7802.
LaasGeel (Somali: LaasGeel), also spelled Laas Gaal, are cave formations on the rural outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland, situated in the Maroodi Jeex...
Africa. LaasGeel's rock art is estimated to date to somewhere between 9,000 and 3,000 years BC. One of the sites associated with LaasGeel, Dhagah Nabi...
Somali. Numerous cave paintings from the Neolithic period are found in the LaasGeel complex, on the outskirts of Hargeisa. During November and December 2002...
urheimat ("original homeland") in the Nile Valley, or the Near East. The LaasGeel complex on the outskirts of Hargeisa in northwestern Somalia dates back...
4000 years ago. In 2002, a French archaeological team discovered the LaasGeel cave paintings on the outskirts of Hargeisa in Somaliland. Dating back...
proto-Somali Waaqists. Whereas pre-historic archeological finds such as that at LaasGeel are suggestive of panentheistic polytheism and naturalistic pantheism...
Chronology LaasGeel Dhambalin Land of Punt Malao Sultanate of Ifat Adal Sultanate Isaaq Sultanate Battle of Berbera Habr Yunis Sultanate British Somaliland...
Chronology LaasGeel Land of Punt Walashma dynasty Adal Sultanate Ajuran Empire Sultanate of the Geledi Isaaq Sultanate Majeerteen Sultanate Sultanate...
Kundudo in Ethiopia – Flat top mountain complex with rock art in a cave. LaasGeel in Somalia – A number of cave paintings and petroglyphs can be found at...
urheimat ("original homeland") in the Nile Valley, or the Near East. The LaasGeel complex on the outskirts of Hargeisa dates back around 5,000 years, and...
Part of a series on the History of Somalia Prehistory LaasGeel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE) Ancient Macrobians Ancient Somali City-States...
Part of a series on the History of Somalia Prehistory LaasGeel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE) Ancient Macrobians Ancient Somali City-States...
and appears to end with the arrival of pastoral tribes in the area. LaasGeel is a complex of caves and rock shelters in northwestern Somalia. Famous...
urheimat ("original homeland") in the Nile Valley, or the Near East. The LaasGeel complex on the outskirts of Hargeisa in Somaliland dates back around 5...
Part of a series on the History of Somalia Prehistory LaasGeel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE) Ancient Macrobians Ancient Somali City-States...
Peninsula about 4,000 years ago, or in Somalia where there are paintings in LaasGeel that figure it from 5,000 to 9,000 years ago. In the wild, the dromedary...
Chronology LaasGeel Dhambalin Land of Punt Malao Sultanate of Ifat Adal Sultanate Isaaq Sultanate Battle of Berbera Habr Yunis Sultanate British Somaliland...
Chronology LaasGeel Land of Punt Walashma dynasty Adal Sultanate Ajuran Empire Sultanate of the Geledi Isaaq Sultanate Majeerteen Sultanate Sultanate...
Part of a series on the History of Somalia Prehistory LaasGeel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE) Ancient Macrobians Ancient Somali City-States...
engravings depict early life in the territory. The most famous of these is the LaasGeel complex. It contains some of the earliest known rock art on the African...
Namibia Apollo 11 The White Lady Nigeria Rop Somaliland Dhambalin Dhaymoole LaasGeel South Africa Cradle of Humankind, World Heritage Site Bolt's Farm Cooper's...
Part of a series on the History of Somalia Prehistory LaasGeel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE) Ancient Macrobians Ancient Somali City-States...
Chronology LaasGeel Land of Punt Walashma dynasty Adal Sultanate Ajuran Empire Sultanate of the Geledi Isaaq Sultanate Majeerteen Sultanate Sultanate...
in the Horn, with its speakers subsequently dispersing from there. The LaasGeel complex on the outskirts of Hargeisa in northwestern Somaliland dates...
(tamarind) and isbarmuunto (lemonade). In Mogadishu, fiimto (Vimto) and laas (lassi) are also common. In the northwest, the preferred drinks are cambe...
Chronology LaasGeel Land of Punt Walashma dynasty Adal Sultanate Ajuran Empire Sultanate of the Geledi Isaaq Sultanate Majeerteen Sultanate Sultanate...
Global Information
