%X Archaeological excavations in 2002-3 at Hattab H Cave in northwestern Morocco revealed all undisturbed Late Palaeolithic Iberomaurusian human burial. This is the first Iberomaurusian inhumation discovered in the region. The skeleton is probably that Of a male aged between 25 and 30 years. The individual shows a characteristic absence of the central upper incisors reported in other Iberomaurusian burials. Accompanying the burial are a stone core and a number of grave goods including bone points, a marine gastropod and a gazelle horn core. Thermoluminescence dating of a burnt stone artefact in association with the burial has provided an age of 8900 +/- 1100 BP. This is one of the youngest ages reported for the Iberomaurusian and raises questions about persistence of hunter-gatherer societies in the Maghreb and the potential for continuity in burial practices with the earliest Neolithic.
%K PENINSULA, PHYTOLITH, ALGERIA, EUROPE
%I CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
%T Human burial evidence from Hattab II Cave and the question of continuity in Late Pleistocene-Holocene mortuary practices in Northwest Africa
%P 195 - 214
%L discovery1353814
%A N Barton
%A A Bouzouggar
%A L Humphrey
%A P Berridge
%A S Collcutt
%A R Gale
%A S Parfitt
%A A Parker
%A E Rhodes
%A JL Schwenninger
%V 18
%J CAMB ARCHAEOL J
%O © 2008 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
%N 2
%D 2008