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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. These sites have been dated by archaeologists earlier than that.
- Adrar Metgourine, near Akka
- Aguerd
- Aïn Maarouf
- Ashakar, near Tangier (El-Khil caves)
- Assif Kelmt
- Al Mahbas, Sahara
- Al Farciya, Sahara
- El Mries
- Bazina du Gour, Meknes
- Caf Taht el Ghar, near Tetouan
- Cave of the Rhinocerosses, Casablanca
- Dar es Soltane
- 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
References
- Markoe, Glenn (2000). Phoenicians. United Kingdom: University of California Press. p. 188. ISBN 0520226143.
- 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. p. 106. ISBN 1575060566.
- Martinez Sanchez, Rafael M; et al. (2018). "The middle neolithic of Morocco's north-western Atlantic strip: New evidence from the El-Khil caves (Tangier)". African Archaeological Review. 35 (3): 417-442. doi:10.1007/s10437-018-9310-6. S2CID 165440787.
- 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.