🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Ghar-e-Pariyan
Ghar-e-Pariyan is a cave near Isfahan. It is situated at an altitude of 2967 m above sea level. Its entrance measures approximately 1.6 x 1.2 meters. It is located in Iran, not Iraq.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Eshkaft-e Salman
Eshkaft-e Salman (Persian: اشکفت سلمان), also spelled Shekaft-e Salman or Eshkofte Salman, is an archaeological site in the Khuzestan province of Iran.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Ali-Sadr Cave
The Ali-Sadr Cave (Persian: غار علیصدر), originally called Ali Saadr or Ali Sard (meaning cold), is a water cave which attracts visitors every year.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Bisitun Cave
Bisitun Cave (also called "Hunter's cave", Bisotun [Farsi], Bisetoun [Kurdish], Bisitoun, or Behistoun) is an archaeological site of prehistoric human habitation in the Zagros Mountains in the…
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Do-Ashkaft Cave
The Do-Ashkaft Cave, being a Middle Paleolithic cave site, is located north of Kermanshah, near Taq-e Bostan, Iran about 1,600 m (5,200 ft) above sea level.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Hotu and Kamarband Caves
The Hotu and Kamarband Caves or Belt Caves are prehistoric archaeological sites in Iran. They are located 100 m (330 ft) apart, in a cliff on the slopes of the Alborz mountains in the village of…
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Cave of Settlement New
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Cave of Settlement New in Fars Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) cave attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock art
Dousheh Cave
Mesolithic to Bronze Age (c.8000–2000 BCE) · Zagros rock-art tradition (pre-pottery to Bronze)
Lorestan painted cave 40 m galleries (150+ black/red paintings, hunters/ibex, c.8–2 ka) in Kuhdasht.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Ghar-e Boof
Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic (c.80,000–15,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian → Zarzian
Dasht-e Boof Palaeolithic shelter 2 m (80–15 ka, Neanderthal parietal, Zarzian microliths) at 1350 m.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Kaldar Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.54,000–30,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian
Khorramabad MP–UP cave 5 m (54–30 ka, first Baradostian 54 ka, AMH beads) 5 km N Khorramabad.
🇮🇷 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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Yafteh Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (c.35,000–30,000 BP) · Baradostian (Zagros Aurignacian)
UP Aurignacian cave (35–30 ka, Baradostian blades, shell beads) west of Khorramabad.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Cave
Cave of Dzhebel
The Cave of Dzhebel is an archeological site near the Krasnovodsk Gulf of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan.