Stone Age Museum of Zagros
The Zagros Paleolithic Museum is a prehistoric and early history museum in Kermanshah , Iran . The first Iranian museum dedicated to the country's Paleolithic has a rich collection of stone tools and fossil animal bones from various archaeological sites in Iran.
history
The museum was founded in 2007 by Fereidoun Biglari ( Iranian National Museum ) and A. Moradi Bisetouni ( Organization for Cultural Heritage, Crafts and Tourism in Kermanshah) in Tekieh Biglar Baigi . The Iranian archaeozoologist Marjan Mashkour is responsible for the identification of fossil animals.
structure
The museum presents finds from the Paleolithic and Neolithic times from various sites in Iran in four rooms and covers a period between approx. 1,000,000 to around 8,000 years. The first room is an audio and projection room, where, in addition to documentaries about prehistoric stone tools and their use, the life-size model of a Neanderthal can be seen.
In the second room, human and animal bones from sites in the Zāgros Mountains as well as replicas of human skulls from important European and Middle Eastern sites from the Paleolithic are presented. The collection of animal fossils from the Wezmeh cave is significant.
The third room contains Palaeolithic tools from different places such Fund Kaschafrud , Gandsch Par and Schiwatu . Of particular importance are two quartz stone tools from Kashafrud.
The fourth room houses stone tools, animal bones, shells and other archaeological objects from the Late Paleolithic and Neolithic, mainly from sites in the Zagros region.
literature
- F. Biglari: The Zagros Paleolithic Museum Guide. Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization , Kermanshah 2010
- M. Mashkour, H. Monchot, E. Trinkaus , JL. Reyss, F. Biglari, S. Bailon, S. Heydari, K. Abdi: Carnivores and their prey in the Wezmeh Cave (Kermanshah, Iran). A Late Pleistocene refuge in the Zagros. In: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Volume 19, pp. 678-694 (2009)