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The earliest occupation of Atlantic Morocco: the Casablanca evidence

Jean-Paul Raynal1, Lionel Magoga2, Fatima-Zohra Sbihi-Alaoui3, Denis Geraads4

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.

1:	PACEA - de la Préhistoire à l'Actuel, Cultures, Environnement, Anthropologie
2:	Résidence la Tour des Ailes, boulevard Franchet d'Espérey, 03200 Vichy
3:	INSAP - Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine
4:	CNRS UPR 2147, 44 rue de l'Amiral Mouchez, 75014 Paris, France

Keyword(s) : Morocco – Casablanca – Acheulean sequence – quarzites – biostratigraphy

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Submitted on: Monday, 19 September 2005 18:59:41

Updated on: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:14:38