Darband cave

Darband cave
Cave entrance
Location:	Province of Gilan , Iran
Height :	750  m
Geographic location:	36 ° 50 '8 "  N , 49 ° 39' 32"  E Coordinates: 36 ° 50 '8 "  N , 49 ° 39' 32"  E
Overall length:	21 m

Lower Paleolithic fossils from Darband Cave, Paleolithic hall, National Museum of Iran

The Darband Cave is a cave in the province of Gilan in the western Alborz Mountains . It contains the first known evidence of ancient Paleolithic cave life in Iran . A collection of stone artifacts and fauna remains have been compiled by a group of Iranian archaeologists from the Center for Paleolithic Research of the National Museum of Iran and ICHTO (Iran Cultural Heritage & Tourism Organization) from Gilan.

See also

• Ganj Par , Zagros Paleolithic Museum , old Paleolithic site at Sefid Rud , Gilan

literature

• Biglari, F .; Jahani, V .; Mashkour, M .; Argant, A .; Shidrang, S .; and Taheri, K. "Darband Cave: New Evidence for Lower Paleolithic Occupation at Western Alborz Range, Gilan". Paper presented at the 11th Symposium of the Geological Society of Iran , Ferdowsi University Mashhad, Mashhad 2007
• Biglari, F. and Shidrang, S. "The Lower Paleolithic Occupation of Iran". In: Near Eastern Archeology No. 69 (3-4) 2006, pp. 160-168.

Web links

• Darband Cave Project. Retrieved January 17, 2010 .