Ifri Oudadane is an archaeological site in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco. It is located on the southwestern coast of the Cape Three Forks on the Mediterranean Sea, and is one of the most important sites in the northwestern Maghreb region of Africa. Discovered during road construction, the site consists of a fairly large rock shelter above the modern coastline, the site has been excavated since 2006 by a team of Moroccan and German archaeologists.[1] Although much is known about the transition of humans from hunter gatherer groups to food production in Europe and the Middle East, much of North Africa has not been researched. Ifri Oudadane is one of the first of such sites in North Africa. Dated to between 11000 and 5700 years BP,[2] the site contains evidence that documents the shift of local inhabitants from hunter-gatherer groups to food producers. Such elements of change found at Ifri Oudadane include evidence of animal husbandry, domestication of legumes, and decoration of pottery. The site is known to contain the earliest dated crop in Northern Africa, a lentil.[2]
^Morales, Jacob; Pérez-Jordà, Guillem; Peña-Chocarro, Leonor; Zapata, Lydia; Ruíz-Alonso, Mónica; López-Sáez, Jose Antonio; Linstädter, Jörg (2013-06-01). "The origins of agriculture in North-West Africa: macro-botanical remains from Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic levels of Ifri Oudadane (Morocco)". Journal of Archaeological Science. 40 (6): 2659–2669. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.026. hdl:10261/93634.
^ abZapata, Lydia; López-Sáez, José Antonio; Ruiz-Alonso, Mónica; Linstädter, Jörg; Pérez-Jordà, Guillem; Morales, Jacob; Kehl, Martin; Peña-Chocarro, Leonor (2013-09-01). "Holocene environmental change and human impact in NE Morocco: Palaeobotanical evidence from Ifri Oudadane". The Holocene. 23 (9): 1286–1296. Bibcode:2013Holoc..23.1286Z. doi:10.1177/0959683613486944. ISSN 0959-6836.
IfriOudadane is an archaeological site in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco. It is located on the southwestern coast of the Cape Three Forks on...
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