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Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco
Benattia, Hamza, Bokbot, Youssef, Onrubia-Pintado, Jorge, Benerradi, Meryem, Bougariane, Bouchra, Bouhamidi, Bouchra, Carballo-Pérez, Jared, Echcherif-Baamrani, Othman, Elqably, Asmae, Ghayati, Noufel, Hachami, Hassan, Kbiri-Alaoui, Mohamed, Lazarescu, Raluca, Lombardi, Lorena, Lucarini, Giulio, Martínez-Sánchez, Rafael M., Mateu-Sagés, Marta, Menéndez-Molist, Pau, Montero-Ruiz, Ignacio, Ouakrim, Zayd, Pérez-Jordà, Guillem, Radi, Moad, Ramon-Torres, Joan, Sobrevia-Corral, Eric, Touri, Tachfine, Broodbank, Cyprian · 2025
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Document and modern access
- Type
- journal_article
- Publication
- Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, vol. 99, no. 404, 354–374
Records informed by this source
- geography assertion Kach Kouch — geography assertioninforms · contextualizes · Introduction and broader-context discussion
Supports regional interaction while not defining an extent.
- relationship Kach Kouch — participated in — Geography assertion for site_kach_kouchEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · contextualizes · Introduction, KK2 material, and broader-context discussion
Provides the site’s regional connections and limitations.
- date assertion Tin-bronze fragment in a Kach Kouch KK2 context — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Figure 10E and metallic-object discussion, pp. 368–370
Provides alloy composition, context date, and explicit production uncertainty.
- date assertion Stable farming settlement at Kach Kouch during phase KK2 — date assertionEvidence confidence: very highinforms · dates · KK2 section; Figures 3–10; conclusion
Provides the complete settlement and subsistence evidence.
- relationship Lixus — later secure horizon than — Kach KouchEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · KK2, 1300–900 BCE
Provides Kach Kouch chronology.
- entity Kach KouchEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides archaeological observation · pp. 354–374; KK2 section; Figures 3–10
Provides phase chronology, architecture, farming, and material culture.
- date assertion Kach Kouch — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · pp. 354–374; KK2 section; Figures 3–10
Provides phase chronology, architecture, farming, and material culture.
- event Stable farming settlement at Kach Kouch during phase KK2Evidence confidence: very highinforms · provides archaeological observation · KK2 section; Figures 3–10; conclusion
Provides the complete settlement and subsistence evidence.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides archaeological observation · KK2 section; Figures 3–10; conclusion
Provides the complete settlement and subsistence evidence.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides archaeological observation · KK2 section; Figures 3–10; conclusion
Provides the complete settlement and subsistence evidence.
- causal hypothesis Mediterranean exchange reorganized through multiple local processesEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides archaeological observation · KK2 and KK3 transition
Shows local continuity with selective adoption of external practices.
- relationship Kach Kouch KK2 farming community — inhabited — Kach KouchEvidence confidence: near certaininforms · provides archaeological observation · KK2 section
Direct settlement evidence.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides material analysis · Figure 10E and metallic-object discussion, pp. 368–370
Provides alloy composition, context date, and explicit production uncertainty.
- event Tin-bronze fragment in a Kach Kouch KK2 contextEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides material analysis · Figure 10E and metallic-object discussion, pp. 368–370
Provides alloy composition, context date, and explicit production uncertainty.
- date assertion Kach Kouch KK2 farming community — date assertioninforms · supports distribution · KK2 section and conclusion
Supports a stable farming community and cautions against treating north-west Africa as empty before Phoenician activity.
- entity Kach Kouch KK2 farming communityEvidence confidence: highinforms · supports distribution · KK2 section and conclusion
Supports a stable farming community and cautions against treating north-west Africa as empty before Phoenician activity.
- claim The available evidence does not support a uniform North African collapse around 1200 BCE.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports · KK2 chronology, 1300–900 BCE
Provides clear settlement continuity through the eastern Mediterranean crisis period.
- claim Kach Kouch provides secure evidence for a stable local farming settlement in north-western Morocco before Phoenician settlement.Evidence confidence: very highsupports · supports · KK2 section and conclusion
Provides the complete evidentiary basis.
- claim The Kach Kouch tin-bronze fragment does not by itself prove local bronze production.Evidence confidence: very highsupports · supports assignment and caveat · Figure 10E and metallic-object discussion
Provides the object analysis and explicit uncertainty.