@article{fdi:010064649, title = {{L}es chasseurs du {S}ahara atlantique ont-ils invent{\'e} la m{\'e}tallurgie ? {L}es haches "{\`a} tranchant en {\'e}ventail" dans l'art rupestre du sud marocain}, author = {{A}uclair, {L}aurent and {H}oarau, {B}. and {E}wague, {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{FRE}}, abstract = {{I}t is generally accepted that the metal appeared in {M}orocco under {I}berian influence during the second millennium {BC} (3800-3200 {BP}). {O}n the base of three main types of "peltiforme" axes represented in rock engravings, we assume the existence of an endogenous and independent invention of metallurgy in southern {M}orocco. {I}nitially, we will discuss the chronological implications of this proposal, which will be then confronted with historical and ethnological data. {S}everal factors support the hypothesis that a black population of nomadic hunters was established on the north bank of the {M}oroccan {S}ahara. {T}his population probably assimilated by paleoberbere society from the late {N}eolithic would be the inventor of the "{M}etgourine" axe and {M}etallurgy. {S}uch a hypothesis is supported by a set of arguments from various disciplinary fields.}, keywords = {{M}etallurgy ; {M}oroccan {S}ahara ; {M}etal {A}ge ; {P}eltiforme {A}xe ; {M}etgourine ; {SAHARA} ; {MAROC}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}nthropologie}, volume = {119}, numero = {1}, pages = {72--88}, ISSN = {0003-5521}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1016/j.anthro.2015.02.002}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064649}, }