Revisiting the Epipalaeolithic-Neolithic Transition in the Extreme NW of Africa: The Latest Results of the Chronological Sequence of the Cave of Kaf Taht el-Ghar (Tétouan, Morocco)

This study focuses on the chronostratigraphic sequence of Cave Kaf Taht el-Ghar (Dar Ben Karrich, Tétouan, Morocco) excavated in 2012 framework AGRIWESTMED research project. The broad reveals a series occupations ranging from Pleistocene (Moroccan Aterian) to recent historical times. Our identifies rich Early Neolithic phase (sixth millennium cal BC) containing earliest pottery and domesticated animal plant remains western Maghreb. However, this level is not an immediate successor last traces Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherer occupation, which started at end Younger Dryas (10,900–9700 BC). An abandonment phase, spanning more than millennium, separated them. hiatus appears originate cold climatic event that began late seventh BC (ca. 6200 ended around mid-sixth BC.