Malaverd
{{Short description|Archaeological site in Iran}}
{{Infobox ancient site
| name = Malaverd
| native_name = Malawerd
| alternate_name = Tang-e malaverd
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| map_type = Iran
| map_alt = Location in Iran
| map_caption = Location in Iran
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| altitude_m = 1460
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| relief = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|34|24|24.72|N|47|5|30.76|E|display=inline,title}}
| location = Kermanshah Province, Iran
| region = Kermanshah
| type = cave
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| length = 16m
| width = 18m
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| built = ca. 60,000 BP
| abandoned = ca. 2,000 BP
| epochs = Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, Chalcolithic, Iron Age III, Parthian
| cultures = Mousterian, Baradostian
| dependency_of =
| occupants = Neanderthal
| event =
| excavations =2012
| archaeologists = Sonia Shidrang
| condition = Registerd in the Iran National Heritage List, 12019
| ownership = Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Iran
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Malaverd is an archaeological site in the north of Kermanshah, in Iran. It is located in the Tang-e Malaverd valley, at the western end of Mount Meywala, about {{convert|8|km|ft|0|abbr=on}} from the west of Taq-e Bostan. Malaverd is one of multiple Paleolithic cave sites in the south of Mount Meywala.
Discovery
The site was recorded during a survey conducted be Fereidoun Biglari in 1999 Biglari, Fereidoun; Heydari, Saman (2001). "Do-Ashkaft: A recently discovered Mousterian cave site in the Kermanshah Plain, Iran" . Antiquity . 75 (289): 487–488. doi : 10.1017/S0003598X00088578 . and registered in the Iran National Heritage List in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://iranshahrpedia.com/docs/Asar-e%20Sabti%20(Up%20to%2026666)%20(Version%2090%2008%2029).zip |title=Archived copy |website=iranshahrpedia.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006234339/http://iranshahrpedia.com/docs/Asar-e%20Sabti%20(Up%20to%2026666)%20(Version%2090%2008%2029).zip |archive-date=6 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}
Excavation
The site was excavated by a team of archaeologists under the direction of Sonia Shidrang in August 2012.Shidrang, Sonia, Alireza Moradi Bistuni, Marjan Mashkour, 2014, Test excavation in the Paleolithic cave site of Malaverd Cave, Kermanshah, Proceedings of the annual Symposium on Archaeological Research in Iran, pp. 283–281, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, ICHTO. Tehran. (In Persian with English abstract)
The site contained a 170 cm thick sequence of archaeological deposits. The excavations revealed that the cave was occupied during the Middle Paleolithic ({{Circa|}} 60,000 to 40,000 years ago), Upper Paleolithic ({{Circa|}} 35,000 to 28,000 years ago), Chalcolithic, Iron Age III, and Parthian.
The cave is the first Upper Paleolithic site in the Kermanshah region that was excavated by an Iranian archaeologist and the first dated Upper Paleolithic site in the region.Azarnoush, M., & Helwing, B. (2005). Recent archaeological research in Iran–prehistory to Iron Age. Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan, 37, 189-246.
See also
- Do-Ashkaft Cave - Another important cave site near Malaverd
References
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