The beginning of the Neolithic in northwestern Morocco

This study is an overview of the state of research on the process of neolithisation of the northwesterncorner of Morocco. Particularly noteworthy are the recentfindings of a Spanish-Moroccan team in theframework of the AGRIWESTMED project carried out between 2011 and 2013 for the most part at thecaves of Magharat el-Khil (Tangier), Kaf Taht el-Ghar (Tetouan) and Ifri n'Amr or Moussa (Khemisset).These excavations brought to light occupations from the Moroccan Early Neolithic Impressed-Cardialware complex, levels that correspond to the earliest horizon of agricultural and animal husbandrypractices in the northwestern corner of Africa.Peer Reviewe