The earliest occupation of Atlantic Morocco: the Casablanca evidence

The earliest occupation of Atlantic Morocco: the Casablanca evidence

[SHS:ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory

[SDU:STU:ST] Sciences of the Universe/Earth Sciences/Stratigraphy

[SDU:STU:PG] Sciences of the Universe/Earth Sciences/Paleontology

Morocco

Casablanca

Acheulean sequence

quarzites

biostratigraphy

Recent work in the Casablanca area considerably modified earlier interpretations of its prolific Palaeolithic record. New results reported in this paper stress the absence of traces of a very early human occupation. The main part of the rich Acheulean sequence at casablanca dates from the second part of the Middle Pleistocene, though palaeomagnetic data suggests that the earliest traces of human activities date from before the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary (Thomas-1 quarry, level L). Throughout the Acheulean sequence the same lithic raw materials were used, which allows comparison of technological characteristics of the various assemblages.

Raynal, Jean-Paul

Magoga, Lionel

Sbihi-Alaoui, Fatima-Zohra

Geraads, Denis

The earliest occupation of Europe, W. ROEBROEKS & T. VAN KOFSCHOTEN eds.

The earliest occupation of Europe, W. ROEBROEKS & T. VAN KOFSCHOTEN eds.

The earliest occupation of Europe, W. ROEBROEKS & T. VAN KOFSCHOTEN eds.

1995

ENG

scientific book chapter

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00004666

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/03/64/56/PDF/ESF_Maroc.pdf

Leiden

Netherlands