Evidences of the Presence of Hunters and Gatherers in the Middle Paleolithic Period in the Dalpari Highlands of Deh Luran Cunty, Ilam

Shaghayegh Hourshid

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Evidences of the Presence of Hunters and Gatherers in the Middle Paleolithic Period in the Dalpari Highlands of Deh Luran Cunty, Ilam

Shaghayegh Hourshid

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Due to its special geographical location, Deh Luran Plain is always considered one of the populations centers in the southwest of Iran. This plain, as a part of the great plain of Deh Luran, due to having permanent and seasonal rivers, fertile lands, and the Bakhtiari formation, has long been a suitable area for providing basic human needs for hunting wild animals, gathering plants, and making stone tools, as in The investigation of this area in 2014, the distribution of countless stone tools belonging to the Paleolithic period, especially the Middle Paleolithic era, confirms this issue. In this survey, all the highlands and western slopes of Dalperi were intensively surveyed and samples were taken from 129 points, and at the same time the samples were coded and recorded by GPS device. Also, stone shelters were identified on the slopes of Dalpari heights, all of which have been documented. In this way, due to the potential power of the natural environment and also the existence of the Bakhtiari formation in the Dalpari highlands, the access of hunter-gatherers to vital resources (water and food) and rich resources of raw stone for making stone tools has been easily provided. This area, with an area of more than 30 kilometers, includes the range of the Dalpari Zagros highlands overlooking the Deh Luran plain to the Abbas plain, which is completely covered with stone tools, including examples of Mousterian points, blades, radial mother stones, and Levallois flakes. These samples can date the human presence in this region at least to the Middle Paleolithic period. This is important considering the presence of Neolithic settlements until the end of the Islamic era, which is a sign of a long process of human presence in this region.

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DOI	10.11648/j.reports.20220202.13
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Zagros Heights, Paleolithic, Dalpari, Deh Luran

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