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Grotte de Taforalt

Date of Submission: 01/07/1995
Criteria: (v)
Category: Cultural
Submitted by:
Ministere des Affaires Culturelles (Secretariat Gen.) Direction du Patrimoine Culturel
Coordinates: Region d' Oujda
Ref.: 459
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Description

Site préhistorique de la période paléolithique de renommée international (population mechtoide). Il s'agit d'une gallérie d'environ 55 mètre de profondeur caractérisée par un remplissage stratigraphique relatant toute l'histoire du paléolithique superieure de l'Afrique du nord.

De cette grotte ont été exumer une importante industrie lithique et une nécropole constituée d'environ cent individus appartenant au type mechtoide (homme moderne de l'Afrique du nord). Cette population date d’environ 20000 ans avant J.C.

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