Approach to the Absolute Chronology of the Human Settlement in the Oukaïmeden Valley, (High Atlas, Morocco). Some Comments
2014
Twenty nine radiocarbon dates were obtained from different test pits in Oukaimeden Valley. Most of them -13 dateswere
performed over samples from the Neolithic site of Aougnin n�ait Ourigh, although those collected in 2012,
provided an older chronology than others from the 2010 campaign. Regarding the kind of associated artefacs, the
most plausible dating is Late Neolithic. Furthermore, other dates were obtained for the context 700 (Aougnin n�ait
Ourigh,), two of which dated from the Bronze Age, matching with the associated ceramics. These samples allowed us
to establish a relationship between rock carvings with certain weapons and others depicted or recovered in excavation
in Europe and dated to Bronze Age. In the Elephants� Shelter, we obtained a date for an End-Neolithic- Copper
Age context and another from the Almoravid-Almohad period. Four other samples from the Elephants� Frieze are
discussed. The last five dates were obtained aiming to perform a paleoclimatic reconstruction of the valley. Along
with the previous dates, we obtained a 6000 year record
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