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Early villages and prehistoric sites in the Abharroud Basin, northwest of the Iranian Central Plateau

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The Abharroud basin is an important region in archaeological studies of the northwestern outskirts of the central plateau, and the west and northwest of Iran. Considering its environmental capabilities and geographical location, studying the region can leads us to a better understanding of regional relations and also inter-regional interaction between the cultural-geographical regions. During the two seasons of archaeological survey, 257 archaeological sites were discovered, dating from the lower Palaeolithic to recent ages. Of these, 34 sites contained prehistoric remains. Most of the identified sites are the remains of scattered villages and seasonal camps in different areas of the basin, on the plain and also impassable heights.

Source: Documenta Praehistorica

DOI: 10.4312/dp.39.34

Authors: Sajjad Alibaigi, Shokouh Khosravi, Abolfazl Aali

Institutions: University of Tehran, Tarbiat Modares University, Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Archaeological Museum in Poznań, Arheološki muzej Zadar

Language: English

Topic: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2096403164

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Cites: 3

Cited by: 2

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