ABSTRACT
North African Late Paleolithic or Epipaleolithic industry (also known as Oranian in the Eastern Sahara) dating to 20–9.5 Ka at numerous sites along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coast of North Africa (Taforalt, El Mouillah, Haua Fteah). It is associated climatically with cooler climates of the Mediterranean coast and, initially, with dessication of the Sahara. The “Ibero” in its name refers to a hypothetical cultural link, now discounted, with the Iberian (Spanish) Upper Paleolithic.
