Casablanca and the Earliest Occupation of North Atlantic Morocco

• Main Authors: Raynal, Jean-Paul, Sbihi Alaoui, Fatima-Zohra, Magoga, Lionel, Mohib, Abderrahim, Zouak, Mehdi
• Other Authors: De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine INSAP - Rabat, bénévole
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2002
• Subjects: Morocco; Mio-Plio-Pleistocene; Casablanca; geofacts; Acheulian; quartzites; hominids; archeo; geo; Flint; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00004042/file/Quaternaire_2002_JPR_al.pdf; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00004042

The mio-plio-pleistocene sequence at Casablanca covers the last six millions years. The age estimates for different phases of this sequence have been established by various methods : lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, absolute dating (OSL, ESR), palaeomagnetism and aminochronology. Mio-pliocene env...