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Rock shelters · Mysteria

CategoriesRock shelters

Rock shelters

Shallow overhangs lived under for millennia, with the deposits to prove it.

Places: 25
Countries: 14
World Heritage: 5

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Verified23 Widely accepted2 Contested0 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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🇹🇷Turkey5 🇮🇷Iran4 🇪🇸Spain2 🇹🇭Thailand2 🇮🇱Israel2

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UNESCO World Heritage only

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Excavation ongoing12 Partially excavated8 Excavated5

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baradostian3 epipalaeolithic3 microlith3 neanderthal3 zagros3 aurignacian2 bead2

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🇮🇷 Iran · Cave

Kunji Cave

Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.70,000–30,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian

Lorestan cave 8 m deposits (70–30 ka, Mousterian→Baradostian, Neanderthal→UP) near Khorramabad.

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