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Rahmat Abbasnejad Seresti

Rahmat Abbasnejad Seresti

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Architecture
Address: Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art & Architecture, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.
Phone: 01135302739

Research

Title
Discovery of Middle Palaeolithic Artefacts from the Caves of Holeyman, Western Iran
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Iran, Ilam, Holeylan, Middle Palaeolithic, Mousterian, Levallois technic
Year
2015
Journal Iranica Antiqua
DOI
Researchers D. Davoudi ، Rahmat Abbasnejad Seresti ، ْTayebeh Hatami Nesari ، ٌRouhollah Nourolahi ، Aref Biglari

Abstract

Many Palaeolithic sites have been reported from previous archaeological investigations in the Holeylan Plain in the west of Iran. As a common belief, the Palaeolithic chronology of this area begins from the late Lower Palaeolithic to the Epipalaeolithic. However, earlier studies considered many sites devoid of industries like Mousterian or Levallois. Therefore, a recent exploration was carried out which revealed a new phase in the stone tool technology of these sites, i.e., the Mousterian industry. The present paper is an attempt to bring forth the new chronology and discuss the typo-technology of the artefacts at these sites.