Abstract
The Neolithic necropolis of Skhirat, discovered in 1980, is the most significant known Middle Neolithic burial site in Northern Morocco. The necropolis is located on a recent sandbar on the Atlantic seaboard. It contains 87 primary graves and 14 artefact deposits, which provide a unique opportunity to discuss the organisation of a Neolithic necropolis, in terms of both sample composition and spatial organisation. Analysis of the non-adult skeletal remains shows no selection according to age and an age distribution entirely consistent with a natural demographic pattern, which is exceptional for the period. However, the adult sample reveals a particular pattern in which young women are over-represented. Regarding spatial organisation, statistical analysis shows that infants less than one year old tend to be grouped together, at a distance from adult men and adolescents, suggesting that very young children had a particular status.
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