nscArchaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of EurasiaАрхеология, этнография и антропология Евразии1563-0110IAET SB RASnsc-113Research ArticlePALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGEПАЛЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ. КАМЕННЫЙ ВЕКLOWER PALEOLITHIC OF IRAN: THE NEW FINDS FROM THE MAR-GVERGA-LAN CAVEНИЖНИЙ ПАЛЕОЛИТ ИРАНА: НОВЫЕ НАХОДКИ ИЗ ПЕЩЕРЫ МАР-ГВЕРГА-ЛАНДавудиД.DavudiD.

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r.abbasnejad@umz.as.irБарскиД.BarskiD.

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marcel.otte@ulg.as.beУниверситет Мазандарана, Иран University of Mazandaran Pasdaran Street, P.O. Box 416, Babolsar, 47415 IranИранUniversity of Mazandaran Pasdaran Street, P.O. Box 416, Babolsar, 47415 IranIslamic Republic of IranКаталонский институт палеоэкологии человека и социальной эволюции, Испания Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social C/ Marcel.lí Domingo s/n (Edifi ci W3), Campus Sescelades, 43007, Tarragona, Spain Университет Ровира и Вирхили, Испания Universitat Rovira i Virgili Av. Catalunya 35, 43002, Tarragona, SpainИспанияInstitut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social C/ Marcel.lí Domingo s/n (Edifi ci W3), Campus Sescelades, 43007, Tarragona, Spain Universitat Rovira i Virgili Av. Catalunya 35, 43002, Tarragona, SpainSpainУниверситет Льежа, Бельгия Université de Liège, Place du 20 Août 7, 4000, Liège, BelgiumБельгияUniversité de Liège, Place du 20 Août 7, 4000, Liège, BelgiumBelgium201523032016431315Copyright © Davudi D., Bazgir B., Abbasnedzhad R., Barski D., Olle A., Ott M., 20162016Давуди Д., Базгир Б., Аббаснеджад Р., Барски Д., Олле А., Отт М.Davudi D., Bazgir B., Abbasnedzhad R., Barski D., Olle A., Ott M.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/113

The second half of the XXth century was the time of signifi cant discoveries associated with the problem of the earliest occupation of Western Asia. The evidence of the Lower Paleolithic people presence in the territories near Iran has increased and this fact stresses the importance of key signifi cance of the region as a geographic crossroad between Africa, Asia and Europe. The search for new sites associated with these problems reduced to surface material fi ndings in the Mar-Gverga-Lan in Holilan. This article is devoted to the detailed description of material fi ndings and discussion of their place in the general context of Lower Paleolithic occurrences in Iran and Western Asia. It will give an opportunity to estimate the further research perspective at this territory.

Вторая половина XX в. ознаменовалась впечатляющими открытиями, связанными с проблемой древнейшего заселения Западной Азии. Увеличивающееся количество свидетельств присутствия нижнепалеолитического человека на прилегающих к Ирану территориях подчеркивает ключевое значение региона как географического перекрестка между Африкой, Азией и Европой. Недавние попытки поиска новых стоянок, связанных с данной проблематикой, привели к обнаружению подъемного материала в пещере Мар-Гверга-Лан в Холилане. Настоящая статья посвящена детальному описанию находок и обсуждению их места в широком контексте нижнепалеолитических местонахождений Ирана и Западной Азии в целом с целью оценки перспектив дальнейших исследований на этой территории.

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