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An
agreement is to be signed between Iran’s
Archaeological Research Centre and University of
Tubingen from Germany to commence cooperation in
excavations and researches at Iran’s Paleolithic
archaeological sites.
“Regarding the little information we have and
considering the limited studies that have so far
been conducted on Paleolithic remains in Iran,
excavations at cave sites belonging to that era
may reveal to be of utmost importance,” said
Karim Alizadeh, head of the international affairs
department with Iran’s Archaeological Research
Centre.
Paleolithic age is one of the major eras in the
human life history, especially when it comes to
studying primitive humans. Starting roughly 10,000
years ago, this era plays an important role in
human evolution as experts believe.
Noting the impending agreement between Iran and
Germany, Alizadeh indicated that a joint team of
Iranian and German experts is to be formed to
conduct researches in different provinces located
along Zagros Mountain range in western Iran,
namely, Isfahan, Fars, Kohkiluieh va Boyer Ahmad,
and Kermanshah.
Being located on a mountainous area with numerous
geomorphological cavities, western parts of Iran
are believed to have provided proper dwellings for
primitive predecessors of Paleolithic age and thus
provinces of western Iran, especially Lorestan and
Kermanshah, are thought to be considerably rich in
Paleolithic treasures.
The one-year contract between Iran’s
Archaeological Research Centre and Tubingen
University, which is going to be signed by
director of Iranian Research Centre and president
of the German university, is now at its final
stages, awaiting the approval of Iranian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
In the past three years, Iranian officials with
Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization have
tried to give prominence to Iranian archaeological
sites through information exchange with various
international institutes, encouraging them to
resume their long-halted activities in Iran.
The first Archaeology Conference of Southwest
Asia, which was held in Tehran two years ago, was
probably the most important event in that context.
Lamberg-Karlovsky from Harvard University, Frank
Hole from Yale University, and Gill Stein from The
University of Chicago were among the most eminent
archaeologists attending this conference in
Tehran.
Lots of foreign archaeologists and experts of
diverse nationalities, including Americans,
Japanese, French, and Italians are currently
working on different ancient sites around Iran.
Jiroft excavation site, near Kerman, Arisman, near
Natanz, Sialk in the vicinity of Kashan, Anshan
archaeological site in Fars province, and
different ancient sites around Khuzestan province
are the most important excavation sites of Iran in
which foreign archaeologists and experts are
playing an important role.
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