The introduction of South-Western Asian domesticated plants in North-Western Africa: An archaeobotanical contribution from Neolithic Morocco

摘要: This paper focuses on the new macro-botanical evidence of South-Western Asian cultivated plants from northern Moroccan Neolithic sites. Due to reduced presence plant remains previous excavations in region, archaeological agriculture is rare and arrival domesticated role farming Early North Africa are still poorly understood. Here we present results analysis carried out three sites recently excavated: Kaf Taht el-Ghar, Khil, Ifri Oudadane. Charred seeds cereals (Triticum dicoccum, Triticum monococcum/dicoccum, durum, aestivum/durum, Hordeum vulgare, vulgare var. nudum) pulses (Lens culinaris, Pisum sativum, Vicia faba) have been recorded all analyzed. Radiocarbon dating crop indicates that farming, along animal herding pottery, was most probably introduced region at interval between 5500 5000 cal. BC. Absence for other regions North-Western suggests first crops arrived into Morocco through a maritime route, more likely Central or Northern Mediterranean shores. Similarities both radiocarbon dates assemblages early south Iberian Peninsula point an almost simultaneous East West spread shores Western Mediterranean.