Reflections on the Other Side. A Southern Iberia Origin for the First Pottery Production of Northern Morocco?

  1. Peña-Chocarro, Leonor 1
  2. Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M. 2
  3. Pérez-Jordà, Guillem 3
  4. Pardo-Gordó, Salvador 5
  5. Juan Carlos Vera Rodríguez 4
  6. Jesús Gámiz Caro 3
  1. 1 Department of Archaeology and Social Processes, Institute of History (CSIC) , 28037 , Madrid , Spain
  2. 2 Department of History, University of Cordoba (Spain) , 14071 , Cordoba , Spain
  3. 3 Department of Prehistory and Anchaeology, University of Granada , 18071 , Granada , Spain
  4. 4 Department of History, Geography and Anthropology, University of Huelva , 21007 , Huelva , Spain
  5. 5 Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna , 38200 , Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Spain
Journal:
Open Archaeology

ISSN: 2300-6560

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 7

Issue: 1

Pages: 1054-1065

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1515/OPAR-2020-0174 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This work is a starting point for rethinking the role of the Iberian Peninsula in the neolithisation of northern Morocco. It focuses on the similarities and divergences between the first pottery productions and their decorations in both territories. This relationship is supported by the existence of an accurate chronological gradation between the first evidence of Neolithisation in Iberian Peninsula and that of northern Morocco which suggests a north–south direction. We also present arguments on the possible links between the early ceramics from the north of Morocco and those from the south of Iberia, providing a first approach to an issue that will need to be carefully analysed in future research.

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