Khalvasht

Khalvasht - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Khalvasht is a Late Paleolithic rockshelter site located at the Amarlou region, in the Gilan Province, northern Iran.Biglari, F., and H. Abdi (2001) The Khalvasht Rock-shelter: A Probable Late Paleolithic Site at Amarlou, The Gilan Province. Iranian Journal of Archaeology and History 29-30:68-72. The shelter is located above the Loshan-Jirandeh road and at an altitude of about 1100 m a.s.l. The shelter faces south and is located at the base of a series of conglomerate outcrops that are about 160 m long. A spring emerges about 300 m to the southwest of the site. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: ca. 20,000 BP

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