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<< News >> Iran's largest Paleolithic site found in Semnan

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 16 July 2009  Page Views: 2069

DiscoveriesArcheologists have found Iran's largest Paleolithic area in the Mirk hill, located in the southern part of the city of Semnan.

Dating back to the middle-Paleolithic era, the 4-hectare area has yielded numerous ancient objects belonging to Neanderthals.

“Studies show that Paleolithic people had been living in this region between 40,000 to 200,000 years ago,” said head of the archeology team Hamed Vahdatinasab.

“The area is very important in the sense that it is the largest of its kind in Iran and the Middle East and houses thousands of ancient stone tools,” he added.

Vahdatinasab also said that the source of stone for the inhabitants was found 16-kilometers from the site in the hillsides looking onto Semnan.

The recent finds were discovered during archeological studies in the natural hills of Delazeyan and Mirk, which were first excavated around 1984.

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