Kapsa people

… Despite the recent remarkable progress in North African archaeology, much remains unknown about the origin and history of the Berbers, but it is believed that the people of the Mesolithic Kapsa culture and the Kapsa Neolithic culture, which flourished in North Africa from 6000 to 2000 BCE, are their ancestors. The Kapsa people are a Mediterranean race with some black blood, and they have left interesting rock paintings in their own unique style in various places, and the rock paintings of Tassili n'Ajjer in the Ahaggar Mountains of the Sahara are particularly famous. The ancestors of the Berbers were mostly hunters of large wild animals, but even after they began farming barley and wheat, they kept cattle, horses, sheep, goats, etc., and drank cow's milk and enjoyed snails and honey. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kapsans" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　最近の北アフリカ考古学の目覚ましい進歩にもかかわらず，ベルベルの起源や歴史については今なお不明な点が多いが，前6000年から前2000年にかけて，北アフリカに花開いた中石器時代のカプサ文化，カプサ新石器文化の担い手たちは，彼らの祖先と考えられている。カプサ人は，黒人の血が混じった地中海人種で，各地に独得の様式のおもしろい岩絵を残しており，サハラのアハガル山地のタッシリ･ナジェールの岩面画はことに名高い。ベルベルの祖先たちは，おおむね大型野獣の狩人であったが，大麦，小麦の農耕を始めて後も，牛，馬，羊，ヤギなどを飼育し，牛の乳を飲みカタツムリや蜂蜜を好んで食べていた。…

※「カプサ人」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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