Issue 25
Issue 25
2024-01-28
Zarzi was used by groups of hunter-gatherers between 18,000 and 14,000 years ago.
The cave here at Zarzi was used by groups of hunter-gatherers between 18,000 and 14,000 years ago. Zarzi Cave was excavated by Dorothy Garrod in 1928 and by Iraqi archaeologist Ghanim Wahida in 1971.
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2024-01-28
Human Landscape - Site (Trans-) Formation in the Transtigris Area
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2024-01-28
Grdi Kani Shaie, excavations provided the first stratigraphic sequence for this previously unexplored region
Kani Shaie is a site located in the Bazian Valley that has been excavated by the University of Coimbra, with many collaborations since 2013. This 60m diameter mound revealed continuous occupation from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium BCE to the Early Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium BCE