The Kermanshah ore mining project led to discovering one of the largest ancient sites related to the rare Lower Paleolithic period.
According to the Aria Heritage Report and the public relations of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute, the study of the Kermanshah ore area under the joint supervision of Saman Heydari Gooran and Ahmad Azadi is being carried out with the permission of the Archaeological Research Institute.
Saman Heidari-Goran, the head of the Archaeological Board, said on Aban 18, 1400: “The ore is the old name of the parts of the satellite hill southwest of Kermanshah city, which is being destroyed rapidly by urban construction.”
He added: “From long ago, the issue regarding lack of ancient Paleolithic settlements (i.e., settlements before 200,000 years ago) on the Iranian plateau has been raised, for the Iranian plateau for a long time because unlike neighboring areas of Iran, a small number of ancient Paleolithic sites have been discovered in Iran.”
“As a result of this short-term study, dozens of axes, tools, and mother stones of the Acheulean period were discovered in an open area,” said the archaeologist.
Heydari Gooran added: “These findings open a new horizon for archaeologists of the Paleolithic period in Iran, and by conducting preliminary studies and studies, we can speculate relatively about the age of human settlement in this area.”
He reminded: “Apparently, the existence of quality stone resources in this place and proximity to the very fertile plain of Kermanshah has attracted human communities to this region, and its geological structure has made the region stable and enabled human tools to remain intact for several hundred thousand years.”
“This discovery could complete the map of human expansion into Eurasia.”
He added: “While construction for a quick settlement in the Kermanshah ore area has destroyed large parts of the site, the continuation of these development projects poses a serious risk of destruction of one of the most important Paleolithic sites in Iran.”
