13 The earliest occupation of Atlantic Morocco: the Casablanca evidence

Abstract

Recent work in the Casablanca area considerably modified earlier interpretations ofits prolific Palaeolithic record.New results reported in ihis paper stress the absence of traces of a very early hitman occupation.The main part of the rich Acheulean sequence at Casablanca dates front the secondpart of the Middle Pleistocene, though palaeomagnetic data suggests that the earliest tracs of hitman activities date from before the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary (Thomas-1 quarry, levelL).Throughout the Acheulean sequence the same lithic raw materials were used, which allows comparison of technological characteristics of the various assemblages.