Chronostratigraphy, site formation processes and pollen record of Ifri n'Etsedda, NE Morocco

摘要

The rock shelter of Ifri n'Etsedda is located at the southern flank of the Kebdana Mountains, North-east Morocco, at an altitude of around 300 m a.s.l. Twenty-one radiocarbon ages attest an occupation of the shelter between 10.0 and 6.0 ka cal BP. Comb decorated pottery, also known from other Late Neolithic sites of the area, suggest a later occupation. The presence of both Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic deposits offers the opportunity to study the Neolithic transition in the area, although the Ifri n'Etsedda deposits contain a short hiatus. Next to the Ifri Oudadane shelter west of the Melilla Peninsula, it is one of the few sites in the area allowing this approach.