List of prehistoric sites in Morocco

Short description: None

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.

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of prehistoric sites in Morocco. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=History:List_of_prehistoric_sites_in_Morocco&oldid=2565824"