Découverte d’un quartier de potiers d’époque médiévale à Dār al Barūd à Salé

La fouille de sauvetage menée durant la période du 16 mars au 16 avril 2017 au lieu-dit « Dār al Barūd » à Salé a permis d’étudier les vestiges archéologiques mis au jour partiellement et de façon fortuite par les travaux d’aménagement d’un complexe culturel et artistique. Cette fouille fit révéler l’intérêt historique exceptionnel du site grâce à la découverte d’un quartier de potiers d’époque médié­vale qui se singularise, à l’échelle du Maroc et du Maghreb, par sa longue durée de fonctionnement, sa foisonnante production céramique et l’importante variété typologique de ses fours. Les vestiges de la poudrière de Dār al Barūd remontant au 19e siècle attestent de la dernière phase historique et archéologique de ce site

The Berbers: Constructed Identities by Foreigners on African Soil

This thesis examines the textual evidence pertaining to the identity of the local North African population of Morocco. In examining the literature about North Africans and the inscriptions in North Africa, I wish to determine who their authors were. Since North Africa has been invaded and colonized multiple times throughout history, the available literature written by both the foreigners who colonized it and the locals yielded interesting and sometimes contrasting results. The names that address the local North Africans are pertinent expressions of identity or of forceful submission. This study examines four different terms that have been used to describe the North Africans of Morocco: Libyans, Afri, Mazigh and Berber. The aim is to determine whether or not they are authentic expressions of identity. Additionally, discourses of the origins of the populations are necessary to examine in order to understand the worldview of the Amazigh as well as that of those who wrote about them. Finally, to compare the textual evidence concerning the origin story of the Amazigh, the results of ancient DNA analysis of ancient genomes from the Early Neolithic period in Morocco and Southern Iberia have been examined