Lehmann, Jens & Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2026): Römische Sammelleidenschaft in Marokko – Brachiopoden auf der Insel Mogador. – Fossilien 43, 27-33
[Roman Collector’s Passion in Marokko – Brachiopods on the Island of Mogador]
Abstract
For decades, the global fossil trade has been flooded with fossils from Morocco. This is true even for plain objects such as brachiopods. Fossils from the small Atlantic island of Mogador, off the coast of Essaouira in Morocco, demonstrate that trade in such fossils began already in Roman times, and that the modern fossil trade can help to shed light on historical trade relations.
The described finds have been published in the following scientific paper:
Lehmann, Jens / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Juhl, Frederick / Mutterlose, Jörg (2026): Fossil brachiopods from the Roman site on Mogador Island (Essaouira, Morocco): Implications for past exchange of products. – Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 21(1), 79-103
Lehmann, Jens & Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2026): Römische Sammelleidenschaft in Marokko – Brachiopoden auf der Insel Mogador. – Fossilien 43, 27-33
[Roman Collector’s Passion in Marokko – Brachiopods on the Island of Mogador]
Abstract
For decades, the global fossil trade has been flooded with fossils from Morocco. This is true even for plain objects such as brachiopods. Fossils from the small Atlantic island of Mogador, off the coast of Essaouira in Morocco, demonstrate that trade in such fossils began already in Roman times, and that the modern fossil trade can help to shed light on historical trade relations.
The described finds have been published in the following scientific paper:
Lehmann, Jens / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Juhl, Frederick / Mutterlose, Jörg (2026): Fossil brachiopods from the Roman site on Mogador Island (Essaouira, Morocco): Implications for past exchange of products. – Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 21(1), 79-103