Aurignacian in the Zagros Region: New research at Yafteh Cave, Lorestan, Iran

Marcel Otte , Fereidoun Biglari , D. Flas , Sonia Shidrang , Nicolas Zwyns , Marjan Mashkour (1) , R. Naderi , A. Mohaseb , N. Hashemi , J. Darvish , Valentin Radu

1 AASPE - Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements

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.

Mots clés: Palaeolithic; Aurignacian; Europe; Iran; Zagros; Modern Human

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire; Environnement et Société

Marcel Otte, Fereidoun Biglari, D. Flas, Sonia Shidrang, Nicolas Zwyns, et al.. Aurignacian in the Zagros Region: New research at Yafteh Cave, Lorestan, Iran. Antiquity, 2007, Vol. 81, pp. 82-96. ⟨hal-03320500⟩