The Aurignacian in the Zagros region: new research at Yafteh Cave, Lorestan, Iran

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Marcel Otte · University of Liège

Fereidoun Biglari · National Museum

Damien Flas · University of Liège

Sonia Shidrang · National Museum

Nicolas Zwyns · University of Liège

Marjan Mashkour · Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique

Rahmat Naderi ·

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The Yafteh cave in Iran has an intact Aurignacian sequence over 2m deep. First explored by Frank Hole and Kent Flannery in the 1960s, its strata and assemblage are here re-evaluated at first hand by a new international team. The authors show that the assemblage is genuine Aurignacian and dates back to about 35.5K uncal BP. They propose it as emerging locally and even as providing a culture of origin for modern humans in West Asia and Europe.

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Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Evolution and Paleontology Studies Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

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Published in: Antiquity

Volume 81, Issue 311, pp. 82-96

DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00094850

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 18.31

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The Aurignacian in the Zagros region: new research at Yafteh Cave, Lorestan, Iran

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