RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 What relations between North Africa and Europe in the early holocene? A1 Perrin, Thomas A1 Dachy, Tiphaine A1 López-Montalvo, Esther A1 Manen, Claire A1 Marchand, Grégor K1 Mesolithic K1 Neolithic K1 lithic industries K1 ceramic K1 rock art K1 Europe K1 Africa K1 demic movement K1 diffusion. AB Between the 8th and 5th millennium BCE, human societies in the Western Mediterranean underwent several major changes. One of them took place during the 7th millennium with a profound change in material production, especially in their stone industries. It resulted in a fundamental change in production patterns, operating sequences and technical procedures. The precise origin of these changes is currently unknown, but it is possible that they initially occurred in North Africa before spreading rapidly along the shores of the Mediterranean and reaching Western Europe. This south-to-north expansion could reflect population shifts, at least in the early stages of the expansion of these new technical processes. However, possible contacts between Africa and Europe are not limited to this technical sphere, and exchanges can also be documented in both ceramic productions and graphic expressions. Several recent research programmes have brought new data to these hypotheses, the main results of which are presented here. PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones SN 0213-2818 YR 2022 FD 2022 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/27448 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/27448 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 20-abr-2024