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New archaeological discoveries in Morocco Cave

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 23 May 2006  Page Views: 2154

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Moroccan archaeologists working since beginning April on the Zemmour Plateau in Khemisset province have brought to light in the Ifri n'Amer ou Moussa caves remains of structures, graves and objects dating from the Copper Age, in particular the Bell Beaker civilization (3000-1800 BC). This discovery will increase knowledge of the copper age cultures in Morocco.

The exceptional character of the cave is reinforced by the discovery of a human skeleton buried in a grave. Metal objects, including a Palmella weapon-head, a bone needle and several sherds of Beaker pottery have been revealed on the site. This discovery in fact represents the first man of the Bell Beaker civilization ever to be discovered in Morocco.

Source: Morocco Times
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Acheulian human remains found in Morocco by coldrum on Thursday, 18 June 2009
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Acheulian human remains found in Morocco

A Moroccan-French archaeology team has discovered the rear part of a human mandible that dates back to the prehistoric Acheulian phase, local MAP news agency reported on Monday.

The mandible, which belongs to a young human, holds a premolar and a molar, the report said.

The fossil was uncovered on May 14 in the Thomas I quarry site in Casablanca, along with stone tools "that characterize the Acheulian civilization" and remnants of gazelles, antelopes, warthogs, bears, monkeys, said the report.

A French-Moroccan team last year, uncovered a complete mandible of Homo erectus at the Thomas I quarry. The mandible was found in a layer below one where the team had previously found four human teeth (three premolars and one incisor) from Homo erectus, one of which was dated to 500,000 B.C.

Professional excavations in the site started in 1988 as part of the "Casablanca Program" of the local Institute of Archaeology Sciences and Heritage, in coordination with France's archaeology mission in the Moroccan coasts.

The team that made this month's discovery was co-led by Moroccan and French scientists Fatima Zohra Sbihi Alaoui and Jean-Paul Raynal, said the report.

Thomas I site, where a Homo erectus half-jaw had been found by accident in 1969, confirms its role as one of the key archaeology sites for understanding the early population of Northwest Africa.

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