History: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 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

  1. Markoe, Glenn (2000). Phoenicians. United Kingdom: University of California Press. p. 188. ISBN 0520226143. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Martinez Sanchez, Rafael M (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. 
  4. 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.