| History and Patrimony |
| Oujda, the cave of Taforalt |
| Prehistoric Sites of Morocco |
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Oujda, the cave of Taforalt - 1
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| The cave of Taforalt is located in Eastern Morocco, to 55 km to the north west of Oujda. |
Started in 1951 with the Roche abbot the excavations were sustained by the Moroccan archaeological service in co-operation with the French archaeological mission since 1969.
The dating carried out showed that the Iberomaurisian occupation of this site is intercalated between 21 900 LP and 10 800 LP, the Aterian occupation gave dates which are situated between 32.000 and 40.000 years LP.
The cave of Taforalt is of a great importance since it delivered several human remainders, ornament |
| objects and faunal remainders. |
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