The Iberomaurusian is a backed bladelet lithic industry found near the coasts of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It is also known from a single major site in Libya, the Haua Fteah, where the industry i
Major Iberomaurusian and Capsian sites in Northwest Africa.
The Aterian is a Middle Stone Age stone tool industry centered in North Africa, from Mauritania to Egypt, but also possibly found in Oman and the Thar Desert. The earliest Aterian dates to c. 150,000
Iberomaurusian
…Afroasiatic Urheimat Aterian Mushabian…
Aterian point from Zaccar, Djelfa region, Algeria
Specialised bone tool in the Aterian Middle Stone Age of North Africa 90,000 year-old Dar es-Soltan
Archaeological and stratigraphical context of the bone implement from Dar es-Soltan 1, dated, 90,000 years BP