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Ternifine - Tighenif quarry; Palikao

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Site Typequarry DescriptionAcheulean site in Algeria, east of Oran, with three well-preserved jaws of Homo erectus type, along with numerous stone tools including handaxes and cleavers. The fauna is regarded as Middle Pleistocene.
Site Name Ternifine Alternate Site Name Tighenif quarry; Palikao Site Type quarry Description Acheulean site in Algeria, east of Oran, with three well-preserved jaws of Homo erectus type, along with numerous stone tools including handaxes and cleavers. The fauna is regarded as Middle Pleistocene.

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"Site Details - Ternifine - Tighenif quarry; Palikao, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-81/17-1400. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

Publications

Author Raynal, J.-P., F.-Z. Sbihi Alaoui, L. Magoga, A. Mohib, M. Zouak
Title Casablanca and the earliest occupation of North Atlantic Morocco
Publication Date 2002
Author Geraads, Denis, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Jean-Jacques Jaeger, Haiyan Tong, Sevket Sen and Philippe Toubeau
Title The Pleistocene hominid site of Ternifine, Algeria: New results on the environment, age, and human industries
Publication Date 1986-05
Author Kipfer, Barbara Ann
Title Archaeology Wordsmith

Site Information

There are 14 specimens from this Item Group

973.1.6 - biface on flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebiface Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.9 - circular core

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typecore Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.10 - biface

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebiface Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.15 - protocleaver

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typepreform Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.16 - biface

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebiface Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.24 - trihedral pick

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typepick Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.26 - biface

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebiface Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.27 - biface

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebiface Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.32 - side scraper

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typescraper Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.33 - pebble tool

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typepebble tool Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.35 - biface

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebiface Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.37 - pebble tool

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typepebble tool Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.38 - pebble tool

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typepebble tool Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran

973.1.48 - biface

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebiface Place CollectedAfrica: Algeria, Wahran