Abstract The North African Middle Stone Age (NAMSA,∼ 300‐24 thousand years ago, or ka)
features what may be the oldest fossils of our species as well as extremely early examples of …

The Aterian is a distinctive Middle Palaeolithic industry which is very widely spread across
North Africa. Its dating and significance have been debated for nearly a century. Renewed …

The Aterian is a frequently cited manifestation of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of North Africa,
yet its character and meaning have remained largely opaque, as attention has focused …

In addition to South Africa, the Northwestern corner of the African continent is providing a
wealth of data for the understanding of the behaviour of early modern humans. In NW Africa …

Until recently, any discussions of the Aterian of Morocco were severely limited by the paucity
of secure dating evidence. New stratigraphic studies in northern, eastern, and, most recently …

This paper provides a summary of all available numerical ages from contexts of the
Moroccan Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic and reviews some of the most important …

Chronological evidence for the Iberomaurusian is currently very limited and there are
problems with some of the published radiocarbon dates. In this paper we present new AMS …

We present the results of detailed microscopic examination of tanged tools from the site of Ifri
n'Ammar. The rock shelter has a particularly rich and well-preserved stratigraphy that has …

The present use wear and residue analysis aims at identifying hafting practices during the
Middle Stone Age at Ifri n'Ammar to improve insight in assemblage variability through time …

The present Libyan territory extends over a large area that goes from the Mediterranean
coast to the Saharan Desert. Aterian sites were found in the central Saharan mountain range …