Rock art conservation in Morocco

Larocca, Alberto

doi:10.1179/pua.2003.3.2.67

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“…102 This mixture is mirrored through numerous features of Moroccan life, namely the culture, the languages, the cuisine, and the clothing. 103,104 Therefore, traveling from province to province inside the kingdom might seem more like traveling from one country to another, and this is very attractive for tourists, mainly the cultural ones. However, Morocco's cultures can be divided into Berber and Arab.…”

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Ecotourism in Morocco: Review of the Current Situation, Natural Potential, Cultural Diversity, Obstacles and Recommendations for Future Research

2023

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The dominance of mass tourism in the kingdom of Morocco does not reflect the diversity of cultural and natural potentials in this country dating back 12 centuries. 7,8 This abnormal situation is enforced firstly by the complexity of universal ecotourism requirements and secondly by the Moroccan market, which has not advanced greatly on that road on the ground. 9,10 However, recently the adopted management strategies and their juridical backgrounds have given distinct consideration to a more ecological form of tourism, particularly within protected zones, and to the requirement of conserving natural landscapes, wildlife, and cultural heritage. 11,12 Moroccan nature contains both biotic and abiotic constituents which together form ordinary biodiversity on all bio-geographical echelons, from continental, regional, and local scales. 13,14 There are 11 national/natural parks in Morocco and 38 RAMSAR wetlands. These ecosystems are rich in biodiversity, climatic conditions, and geographical location. 15,16 They host attractive landscapes from coastal lines to Saharan Oasis, biodiversity combining unique plant species and their associated wildlife, and a variety of topographical structures from mountains to plains. 17,18 All these elements have a great potential to be used in sustainable tourism in parallel with mass tourism. Consequently, the outcomes from this promoting activity will help in the conservation of nature and create permanent jobs for the local population. 19,20 Currently, tourist activities have taken a slight turn from old-style forms of tourism to new more sustainable practices. 21,22 This behavior revolution might be due to the fact that converted it was influenced more by the local antiquity of history, moral values, and culture of the particular destination, which are widely present in Morocco. 23,24

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Section: Cultural and Traditional Diversitymentioning

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Ecotourism in Morocco: Review of the Current Situation, Natural Potential, Cultural Diversity, Obstacles and Recommendations for Future Research

2023

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“…Specific studies on historical Morocco in the pre-Roman, Roman, and Islamic era were initiated since 1950 and continue today with several works [5][6][7][8]. All these studies revealed that the Moroccan cultural heritage is spatially distributed in different regions.…”

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Analysis of the Magnetic Anomalies of Buried Archaeological Ovens of Aïn Kerouach (Morocco)

Ayad

Bakkali

2018

International Journal of Geophysics

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Aïn Kerouach is one of the most important archaeological sites in the northern part of Morocco. The main buried archaeological ruins in this area were surveyed in 1977 using magnetic prospecting. This survey highlights the mean anomalies that are related to potteries ovens built to the Marinid dynasty that governed Morocco from the 13th to the 15th century. In order to find the maximum depth of the sources, we computed the enhanced downward continuation filter in order to highlight the magnetization contrasts in high detail, depending on the depth downward included in the computation. The main goal is providing a reliable mapping to observe the ovens in depth by shifting the data below the plane of measurement. The results showed an important depth variation of the main ovens given by the original magnetic map and revealed others. Indeed, the downward continuation process applied to analyze the magnetic data shows its efficiency to highlight the buried archaeological structures.

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Rock art conservation in Morocco

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Ecotourism in Morocco: Review of the Current Situation, Natural Potential, Cultural Diversity, Obstacles and Recommendations for Future Research

Ecotourism in Morocco: Review of the Current Situation, Natural Potential, Cultural Diversity, Obstacles and Recommendations for Future Research

Analysis of the Magnetic Anomalies of Buried Archaeological Ovens of Aïn Kerouach (Morocco)

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