Qaleh Kurd

Qaleh Kurd cave (Persian: قلعه کرد) is a cave near Abgarm town in Qazvin province in Iran. The cave is known for its archeological importance especially for the discovery of discovery of in situ Chibanian archaeological assemblages.^[1]

Name[edit]

The name in Persian language means the castle of Kurd and has been transcribed to English as Qaleh Kurd,^[1]^[2] Ghaleh Kord^[3] and Ghaleh Kurd.

Archeological importance[edit]

There have been multiple excavations in the Qaleh Kurd cave performed by different teams. During these excavations numerous artifacts have been discovered that include human remains, animal bones and neolithic artifacts.^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Vahdati Nasab, Hamed; Berillon, Gilles; Hashemi, Seyyed Milad; Bahain, Jean-Jacques; Sévêque, Noémie; Jayez, Mozhgan; Bonilauri, Stéphanie; Jamet, Guillaume; Kharazian, Mohammad Akhavan; Nateghi, Asghar; Abdollahi, Alieh; Antoine, Pierre; Beheshti, Iraj; Boulbes, Nicolas; Chapon-Sao, Cécile (2024-05-23). "Qaleh Kurd Cave (Qazvin, Iran): Oldest Evidence of Middle Pleistocene Hominin Occupations and a Human Deciduous Tooth in the Iranian Central Plateau". Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 7 (1): 16. doi:10.1007/s41982-024-00180-4. ISSN 2520-8217.
^ Shoaee, Mohammad Javad; Breeze, Paul S.; Drake, Nick A.; Hashemi, Seyyed Milad; Vahdati Nasab, Hamed; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M.; Stevens, Thomas; Boivin, Nicole; Petraglia, Michael D. (2023-03-01). Iovita, Radu (ed.). "Defining paleoclimatic routes and opportunities for hominin dispersals across Iran". PLOS ONE. 18 (3): e0281872. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1881872S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281872. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 36857333.
^ "Avaj holds potential to become a tourism hub". Tehran Times. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
^ کامرانی, زهرا; وحدتی نسب, حامد; بونیلوقی, استفانی; هاشمی سروندی, سید میلاد; جایز, مژگان; اخوان خرازیان, محمد; بهشتی, سید ایرج; بریون, ژیل (2023-02-20). "گونه شناسی و فناوری دست افزارهای سنگی غار قلعه کرد، آوج، استان قزوین". دو فصلنامه کواترنری ایران (in Persian). 8 (3 و 4): 262–288. doi:10.22034/irqua.2023.705430. ISSN 2423-7108.

[:0-1] Vahdati Nasab, Hamed; Berillon, Gilles; Hashemi, Seyyed Milad; Bahain, Jean-Jacques; Sévêque, Noémie; Jayez, Mozhgan; Bonilauri, Stéphanie; Jamet, Guillaume; Kharazian, Mohammad Akhavan; Nateghi, Asghar; Abdollahi, Alieh; Antoine, Pierre; Beheshti, Iraj; Boulbes, Nicolas; Chapon-Sao, Cécile (2024-05-23). "Qaleh Kurd Cave (Qazvin, Iran): Oldest Evidence of Middle Pleistocene Hominin Occupations and a Human Deciduous Tooth in the Iranian Central Plateau". Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 7 (1): 16. doi:10.1007/s41982-024-00180-4. ISSN 2520-8217.

[2] Shoaee, Mohammad Javad; Breeze, Paul S.; Drake, Nick A.; Hashemi, Seyyed Milad; Vahdati Nasab, Hamed; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M.; Stevens, Thomas; Boivin, Nicole; Petraglia, Michael D. (2023-03-01). Iovita, Radu (ed.). "Defining paleoclimatic routes and opportunities for hominin dispersals across Iran". PLOS ONE. 18 (3): e0281872. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1881872S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281872. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 36857333.

[3] "Avaj holds potential to become a tourism hub". Tehran Times. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2024-05-25.

[4] کامرانی, زهرا; وحدتی نسب, حامد; بونیلوقی, استفانی; هاشمی سروندی, سید میلاد; جایز, مژگان; اخوان خرازیان, محمد; بهشتی, سید ایرج; بریون, ژیل (2023-02-20). "گونه شناسی و فناوری دست افزارهای سنگی غار قلعه کرد، آوج، استان قزوین". دو فصلنامه کواترنری ایران (in Persian). 8 (3 و 4): 262–288. doi:10.22034/irqua.2023.705430. ISSN 2423-7108.

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