Qaleh Kurd

Qaleh Kurd
Persian: غار قلعه‌کُرد
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Location	Qazvin province, Iran
Coordinates	35°47′50″N 48°51′26″E / 35.7972°N 48.8572°E
Altitude	2,137 m (7,011 ft)

Qaleh Kurd cave (Persian: غار قلعه‌کُرد) is the oldest archaeological site discovered in Iran.^[1] The cave is located at the very western limit of the Iranian Central Plateau, not far from the village of Qaleh in Qazvin province, surrounded by the Alborz and Zagros Mountains.

^ Vahdati Nasab, H.; Berillon, G.; Hashemi, S. M.; Bahain, J.J.; Sévêque, N.; Jayez, M.; Bonilauri, S.; Jamet, G.; Kharazian, M. A.; Nateghi, A.; Abdollahi, A.; Antoine, P.; Beheshti, I.; Boulbes, N.; Chapon-Sao, C.; Gallet, X.; Falguères, C.; Garbé, L.; Kazzazi, M.; Zavar Mousavi, A.; Nematollahinia, Sareh.; Özçelebi, J.; Stoetzel, O.; Tomberet, O.; Zeitoun, V. (2024-05-23). "Qaleh Kurd Cave (Qazvin, Iran): Oldest Evidence of Middle Pleistocene Hominin Occupations and a Human Deciduous Tooth in the Iranian Central Plateau". Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 7 (1). doi:10.1007/s41982-024-00180-4.

[:0-1] Vahdati Nasab, H.; Berillon, G.; Hashemi, S. M.; Bahain, J.J.; Sévêque, N.; Jayez, M.; Bonilauri, S.; Jamet, G.; Kharazian, M. A.; Nateghi, A.; Abdollahi, A.; Antoine, P.; Beheshti, I.; Boulbes, N.; Chapon-Sao, C.; Gallet, X.; Falguères, C.; Garbé, L.; Kazzazi, M.; Zavar Mousavi, A.; Nematollahinia, Sareh.; Özçelebi, J.; Stoetzel, O.; Tomberet, O.; Zeitoun, V. (2024-05-23). "Qaleh Kurd Cave (Qazvin, Iran): Oldest Evidence of Middle Pleistocene Hominin Occupations and a Human Deciduous Tooth in the Iranian Central Plateau". Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 7 (1). doi:10.1007/s41982-024-00180-4.

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