Test excavations and initial results at the Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites of Gilvaran,Kaldar, Ghamari caves and Gar Arjene Rockshelter,Khorramabad Valley,western Iran |
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| Institution: | 1. Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), C/Marcel.lí Domingo s/n (Edifici W3), Campus Sescelades, 43007 Tarragona, Spain;2. Area de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Fac. de Lletres, Avenue Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain;3. University of Liège, Service of Prehistory, place du 20-Août 7, A1, 4000 Liège, Belgium;4. Deccan College, Post Graduate and Research Institute, Yerwadha, Pune, 43009 Maharashtra, India;5. Sezione di Scienze Preistoriche e Antropologiche, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, C.so Ercole 1 d’Este 32, 44100 Ferrara, Italy;6. Archaeology Department, University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran;7. CSIC, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, c. José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain;8. Neanderthal Museum, Talstrasse 300, 40822 Mettmann, Germany |
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| Abstract: | This paper introduces the excavations in several Paleolithic sites in the Khorramabad Valley, Western Iran. Apart from the two well-known sites of Ghamari Cave and Gar Arjene rock shelter, first excavated by Frank Hole and Kent Flannery in the 1960s, the Gilvaran and Kaldar caves were excavated for the first time. Here we present the stratigraphy of these sites, general data from the lithic assemblages, and the identifications of a small part of the faunal remains. Preliminary results are showing that all of the sites were occupied from the Middle and Upper Paleolithic onward, and therefore provide great potential for the study of the transition between these cultural periods. Our preliminary techno-typological observations show that the lower levels of the Gilvaran and Ghamari sequences may represent an early phase of the Middle Paleolithic. |
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| Keywords: | Middle and Upper Paleolithic Gilvaran Cave Kaldar Cave Ghamari Cave Gar Arjeneh Rockshelter Khorramabad Valley Western Iran Paléolithique moyen Paléolithique supérieur Grottes de Gilvaran Kaldar et Ghamari Abri d’Arjeneh Vallée de Khorramabad Iran occidental |
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