Zawi Chemi Shanidar
•Excavated by Rose Solecki
•Site is near Shanidar Cave
•On river bank

Zawi C huts
Zawi Chemi huts
And modern hut

ZC map-2
Zawi Chemi on river bank


ZC map-1
Detail of excavation


Zawi Chemi bone handle



Zawi Chemi grd stone Zawi Chemi grooved stones



ZC bone tools
Zawi Chemi bone implements


ZC celts ZC stone objects



ZC microlithhs ZC stone objects
Zawi Chemi lithics and stone objects


Karim Shahir
•Excavated in ca. late 1950s by Bruce Howe
•Dug as example of “Era of incipient agriculture”

SAOC cover



KS photos of excav KS plot plan
Karim Shahir


Karim S aerial
Topographic setting of
Karim Shahir

Karim Shahir excav
Pebble layer
Celts

Karim Shahir stone artifacts
Ground and polished stone objects


KS celts KS lithics-1
Celt varieties
KarimShahir lithics

KS cores-1 KS cores-2
Karim Shahir unidirectional cores


KS stone objects
Decorative objects


Asiab
•Excavated in1960 by Bruce Howe
•On river bank near Kermanshah, Iran
•Pit structure, ~5 m in diameter
•Contained bones of large wild goats
•Lithics similar to Karim Shahir
•No celts
•No grinding stones
•Probable hunters’ camp
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Asiab-3