Henchir Tawrirt (Jerba) : un site libyque aux origines

Henchir Tawrirt (Jerba) : un site libyque aux origines

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Archaeological research carried out between 2006 and 2008 on Henchir Tawrirt, a site located in the southeast of the island of Jerba, yielded remains dating from protohistory to Roman period.The most ancient traces of occupation on this site consist of remains of floor of huts which have bar drain board delivered, besides flint tools, a pottery entirely unknown on the island until now, Basket Ware.This is related to protohistoric ceramics characteristic of the Libyan Sahara.

In the Punic period, this site was open to the Mediterranean probably since the 5th century dragon ball lg disney BC, as shown by the imported wine amphorae from Carthage and Magna Graecia.At the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd century AD, a large building, probably a rural villa, was constructed to exploit the agricultural production in the territory.