[[File:Iberomaurisiense-Capsiense .png|thumb|right|300px|Territory of Ibero-Maurusian and [[Capsian]] cultures]]

'''Ibero-Maurusian''', or '''Oranian''',<ref>[http://www.sati.archaeology.nsc.ru/encyc/term.html?act=list&term=332 Оранская культура]</ref> or '''Ouchtatian'''<ref>[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/atil/atil/w1.htm Les Ouchtatiens]</ref> [[archaeological industry]] spread in Northern Africa in the [[Epipaleolithic]] period. The culture is supposed to have emerged either as a result of the migration of Cro-Magnon people from the [[Iberian peninsula]], hence the name, or from the local [[Aterian]] culture. The lasted dating evidence indicates that the Iberomaurusian existed between 18/17 ka bp and 11/10 ka bp <ref>Bouzouggar, A. et al., 2008. Reevaluating the Age of the Iberomaurusian in Morocco. African Archaeological Review, 25(1), pp.3–19</ref>. The Ibero-Maurusian people belonged to the [[Mechtoid]] anthropological type.<ref>[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/atil/atil/w1.htm Les Ouchtatiens]</ref>

== Notes ==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/280608/Ibero-Maurusian-industry]

* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11006048 The Iberomaurusian enigma: north African progenitor or dead end? Irish J.D.]

* {{fr}} [http://secher.bernard.free.fr/Articles/P3-%20Kefi%20et%20al%20,%20Anthropologie%202005.pdf Diversité mitochondriale de la population de Taforalt(12.000 ans BP – Maroc)], Kéfi at al 2005

== References ==

* {{fr}} D. Lubell, « Continuité et changement dans l'Épipaléolithique du Maghreb », in : ''Le Paléolithique en Afrique, l'histoire la plus longue'', Artcom' , Errance, 2005, ISBN 2-87772-297-X

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