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DOI10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.117
Playas and Middle Paleolithic settlement of the Iranian Central Desert: The discovery of the Chah-e Jam Middle Paleolithic site
Nasab, Hamed Vahdati; Hashemi, Milad
通讯作者Nasab, Hamed Vahdati
会议名称Middle Palaeolithic in the Desert II Conference
会议日期DEC, 2014
会议地点Bordeaux, FRANCE
英文摘要

Geomorphological studies indicate that the current Iranian Central Desert has previously consisted of several large lakes, the remains of which are still visible in the form of numerous playas across the desert. The Northern edge of the Iranian Central Desert has been subject to several seasons of systematic Paleolithic surveys from 2009. As a result of these surveys, several Paleolithic settlements have been recorded, the most significant of which include the Middle Paleolithic sites of Mirak, Soofi-Abad and Chah-e Jam. In order to test whether any Middle Paleolithic sites existed around the boundary of such playas, one of them (Chah-e Jam Desert), which is located at the southern outskirts of the modern city of Damghan (300 km east of Tehran), was selected for intensive walking survey in July-August 2014. During the course of the survey, a large exposure of lithic artefacts, 8.5 km in length, was discovered. Techno-typological analysis of the lithic assemblages indicates an abundance of Levallois technology and numerous retouched tool types (e.g., Levallois points, and all types of convergent scrapers), leading the site to be attributed to the Middle Paleolithic. The presence of some typological elements of later periods indicates the site has been inhabited during Upper/Epipaleolithic periods as well. This site, along with other Middle Paleolithic settlements in this landscape, indicate that climatic conditions during the Late Pleistocene were significantly different to present, and the presence of numerous lakes and associated vegetation permitted hominin populations to occupy currently arid areas. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Middle Paleolithic Levallois technology Iranian Central Desert Iranian Central Plateau Playa Chah-e Jam Desert
来源出版物QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN1040-6182
EISSN1873-4553
出版年2016
卷号408
页码140-152
出版者PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
类型Article;Proceedings Paper
语种英语
国家Iran
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI ; CPCI-S
WOS记录号WOS:000377972300010
WOS关键词DISPERSAL ; AFRICA ; CAVE
WOS类目Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向Physical Geography ; Geology
资源类型会议论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/305730
作者单位Tarbiat Modares Univ, Dept Archaeol, Fac Humanities, Tehran, Iran
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Nasab, Hamed Vahdati,Hashemi, Milad. Playas and Middle Paleolithic settlement of the Iranian Central Desert: The discovery of the Chah-e Jam Middle Paleolithic site[C]:PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD,2016:140-152.
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