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==Ancient history==

[[File:Fossatum.png|thumb|left|200px|Capsa in Roman times was near the "limes romanus" called [[Fossatum Africae]].]][[File:Piscines romaines de Gafsa, juin 2013.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ancient Rome|Roman]]s ruins at Gafsa, 2013.]]

Excavations at [[prehistoric]] sites in the Gafsa area have yielded artefacts and skeletal remains associated with the [[Capsian culture]]. This [[Mesolithic]] civilisation has been [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon dated]] to between 10,000 and 6,000 BCE. The associated ancient population, known as the ''Snail eaters'', are known for their extensive [[midden]]s of [[snail shell]]s. They are believed to be the [[ancestor]]s of the modern [[Berbers]].<ref>Paul Lachlan MacKendrick, The North African Stones Speak (UNC Press Books, 1 Dec. 2000).</ref>