List of prehistoric sites in Morocco
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This is a list of notable prehistoric sites in Morocco. The historical record in Morocco begins around 650 BCE, with the arrival of the Phoenicians and the founding of the settlement of Mogador.[1][2] These sites have been dated by archaeologists earlier than that.
- Adrar Metgourine, near Akka
- Aguerd
- Aïn Maarouf
- Ashakar, near Tangier (El-Khil caves)[3]
- Assif Kelmt
- Al Mahbas, Sahara
- Al Farciya, Sahara
- El Mries
- Bazina du Gour, Meknes
- Caf Taht el Ghar, near Tetouan
- Cave of the Rhinocerosses, Casablanca
- Dar es Soltane[4]
- Djebel Irhoud
- Draa river
- El Khenzira
- Figuig
- Gueltat Zemmour, Sahara
- Hawza, Sahara
- Ifrane of the Little Atlas/Jbel Atlas Saghru
- Ifri Oudadane
- Island of Essaouira
- Jdririya, Sahara
- Mzoura Cromlech, near Asilah (funerary monument, megalith, cromlech)
- Rouazi
- Smara, Sahara
- Taforalt, Oujda (cf. Nassarius shells)
- Taouz, Tafilalt
- Tensift, Marrakech
- Waramdaz
- Yagour, High Atlas Mountains near Oukaimden
References
[edit]- ^ Markoe, Glenn (2000). Phoenicians. United Kingdom: University of California Press. p. 188. ISBN 0520226143.
- ^ The Phoenicians in Spain: An Archaeological Review of the Eighth-sixth Centuries B.C.E. : a Collection of Articles Translated from Spanish. United States: Pennsylvania State University Press. 2002. p. 106. ISBN 1575060566.
- ^ Martinez Sanchez, Rafael M; et al. (2018). "The middle neolithic of Morocco's north-western Atlantic strip: New evidence from the El-Khil caves (Tangier)". African Archaeological Review. 35 (3): 417-442. doi:10.1007/s10437-018-9310-6. S2CID 165440787.
- ^ BARTON, R.N.E., BOUZOUGGAR, A., COLLCUTT, S.N., SCHWENNINGER, J.-L. & CLARK-BALZAN, L. 2009. OSL dating of the Aterian levels at Dar es-Soltan I (Rabat, Morocco) and implications for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens. Quaternary Science Reviews 28 (2009) 1914–1931.