Routine pottery analyses (optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray fluorescence) and digital image processing of polarised light photomicrographs were used to answer questions on the provenance and technology of pottery assemblages belonging to Late Acacus hunter–gatherers (ca. 10,200–8000 cal BP) and Pastoral herders (ca. 8300–4650 cal BP) from Takarkori rock shelter (SW Libya, central Sahara). This integrated analytical approach on potsherds was combined with the characterisation of local clayey sediments to identify different local and proximal sources for coarse and fine sediments exploited for pottery production. Two main fabric groups (i.e. Q* and QF*) were identified among the analysed potsherds, where the sediments from the Takarkori area are compatible with the quartz-dominated fabrics (Q*). The local fabric QVe shows evidence of dung addition. Pottery with plutonic non-plastic inclusions (QF*) points to provenance from the southern edges of the Tassili n’Ajjer and is more frequent in Late Acacus and Early Pastoral layers. New insights into pottery production and circulation between Early Holocene Saharan hunter–gatherers and Pastoral communities, as well as into modes of occupation of Takarkori rock shelter, are provided.

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在Takarkori岩石庇护所中通过陶器表征进行联网（利比亚撒哈拉沙漠，10,200–4650 cal BP）

常规的陶器分析（光学显微镜，X射线粉末衍射，X射线荧光）和偏光显微照片的数字图像处理被用来回答关于晚阿卡克斯捕猎者（约10,200个）的陶器组合的起源和技术的问题。 – Takarkori岩石掩体（西南撒哈拉利比亚）的牧民（约8000 BP）和牧民（约8300–4650 BP）。这种对陶器的综合分析方法与局部黏性沉积物的特征相结合，以识别用于陶器生产的粗，细沉积物的不同局部和近端来源。在所分析的陶器中确定了两个主要的织物组（即Q *和QF *），其中Takarkori地区的沉积物与石英为主的织物（Q *）相容。本地织物QVe显示出添加了粪便的证据。陶粒中含有非塑料非塑性夹杂物（QF *），其来源为塔西里纳杰尔的南部边缘，在后期的阿卡库斯地区和早期的牧区中更为常见。提供了有关新世早期撒哈拉猎人与牧民之间的陶器生产和流通以及对Takarkori岩棚的占领方式的新见解。