Do-Ashkaft Cave

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This Middle Paleolithic cave site is located at north of Kermanshah, near Taq-e Bostan. It is located about 1600 metres above sea level and its entrance faces south, overlooking the national park of Kuhestan. The site was discovered by two Iranian researchers, F. Biglari and S. Heydari in 1999 and during next four years was sampled each month which resulted in a rich Middle Paleolithic lithic collection. The Mousterian occupants of the cave made their tools on local raw material outcrops around the cave.

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Fereidoun Biglari and Saman Heydari (2001) Do-Ashkaft: a recently discovered Mousterian cave site in the Kermanshah Plain, Iran, Antiquity, Vol 75, No: 289, Page: 487–488

[1] Kermanshah Cultural Heritage Organization web site

[2] Do-Ashkaft Cave

[3] Lithic raw material use in Do-Ashkaft