%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