Page "History of Senegal" Paragraph 12

In the case of Senegal, the periodization of prehistory remains controversial.

It is often described as beginning with the age of metallurgy, thus placing it between the first metalworking and the appearance of writing.

Other approaches exist such as that of Guy Thilmans and his team in 1980, who felt that any archeology from pre-colonial could be attached to that designation or that of Hamady Bocoum, who speaks of " Historical Archaeology " from the 4th century, at least for the former Tekrur.