List of prehistoric sites in Morocco explained

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Markoe, Glenn. Phoenicians. United Kingdom. University of California Press. 2000. 188. 0520226143.
2. Book: 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. 106. 1575060566.
3. Martinez Sanchez. Rafael M. et al. The middle neolithic of Morocco's north-western Atlantic strip: New evidence from the El-Khil caves (Tangier). African Archaeological Review. 35. 3. 2018. 417-442. 10.1007/s10437-018-9310-6 . 165440787 .
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.