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The Paleolithic of northwestern Zagros. 2012–2019 MAFGS Survey: Data and preliminary results

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Between 2012 and 2019, the surveys conducted by the French archaeological mission of the Soulaimanih Governorate in the Rania and Peshadar plains of Iraqi Kurdistan, previously devoid of Paleolithic records, have yielded numerous lithic assemblages from open-air sites, caves and rock-shelters. We present here six lithic assemblages from the three districts surveyed, Rania, Peshdar and Dukan. Despite the absence of chronostratigraphic contexts and the still fragmentary data, the first typo-technologicalanalyses carried out allow us to propose a first techno-cultural attribution to the Paleolithic and, more specifically for some assemblages, to the Middle Paleolithic. Among the sites uncovered, it is certainly the Paleolithic shelter of Sarsyan-Rostam Agha that was the most distinctive and which represents, with the Shanidar cave, one of the rare Paleolithic sites preserved in the northwestern Zagros. Its preserved Paleolithic sequence, rich in archaeological remains, and explored in a test-pit conducted in 2018, shows clear affinities with the Mousterian Zagros industries, a well-defined entity based on sites such as Shanidar, Bisitun, Warwasi and Mar Tarik.
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hal-03854369 , version 1 (18-11-2022)

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Stéphanie Bonilauri, Jessica Giraud, Mana Jami Alahmadi, Marion Lemée, Isis Mesfin, et al.. The Paleolithic of northwestern Zagros. 2012–2019 MAFGS Survey: Data and preliminary results. L'anthropologie, 2022, 126 (3), ⟨10.1016/j.anthro.2022.103053⟩. ⟨hal-03854369v1⟩
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