Resultados arqueomalacológicos de la Cueva de Gar Cahal en el contexto regional de la Península Tingitana (norte de Marruecos)

Abstract

Archaeological excavations carried out by Professor M. Tarradell in the 50s of last century in the caves of Gar Cahal and Kaf That Gar (Northern Morocco), made with methods typical of the time, provide data of great interest to understand the historical processes that occurred in northern Morocco from social formations hunter-gatherer to the initial class. The marine fauna of these sites, so far unpublished and deposited in the offices of the Archaeological Museum in Tetouan, has served to analyze the ways of life and mobility of these prehistoric social groups. We approach the analysis to approach the species collected both for consumption and for making ornaments, pendants. These data are framed in the context of the historical region of the Strait of Gibraltar, where today a team from the University of Cadiz has been developing several projects both in the shelter and cave Benzú (Ceuta) and the North African region.