capaccinii- EBD:
Taforalt, Morocco: 15528, 15533, 15594, 15615.
Scientists analysed the dental condition of 52 skeletons discovered at the Grotte des Pigeons complex at Taforalt in eastern Morocco over the past decade.
Wild plant remains at Taforalt indicated that these Stone Age hunter-gatherers were frequently eating sweet acorns, pine nuts and pistachios, with snails too being popular.
In samples of thyme were collected during the flowering period in eastern Morocco (
Taforalt) in May, essential oil yield was 1.0% and camphor (38.54%), camphene (17.19%), [alpha]-pinene (9.35%), 1,8-cineole (5.44%), borneol (4.91%) and P-pinene (3.90%) were the major oil components [15].
The Amlen Inn is located 4 kilometers from the
Taforalt tourist area.
At the other end of Africa, Nick Barton's excavations in the cave at
Taforalt, Morroco, has discovered similar pierced shells in layers dated to 82,000 years ago.
Nicknamed Luzia, the skull was analyzed in a report that cited the following locations for resemblance: skulls seen among early Australians, bones found in China's Zhoukoudien Upper Cave, and a set of African remains known as
Taforalt 18.
The researchers have found 47 examples of Nassarius marine shells, most of them perforated and including examples covered in red ochre, at the Grotte des Pigeons at Taforalt.
Aside from this latest discovery unearthing an even greater number of beads, the research team says the most striking aspect of the Taforalt discoveries is that identical shell types should appear in two such geographically distant regions.
In samples of thyme were collected during the flowering period in eastern Morocco (
Taforalt) in May, essential oil yield was 1.0% and camphor (38.54%), camphene (17.19%), a-pinene (9.35%), 1,8-cineole (5.44%), borneol (4.91%) and P-pinene (3.90%) were the major oil components [15].
