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North Africa, Casablanca-Settat

Azemmour

Oum Er-Rbia Riverbank

Riverbank Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: brick and tile fragments, fishing weights, river glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Medieval river port, Portuguese Azamor (1513-1541), later corsair-era town

Historical inference: HPIP and travel histories document the Portuguese occupation and centuries of river trade at the medina walls, but no published riverbank-finds accounts located

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Soft river mudPolluted water, strong current and dam-release level changes

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