Paleolithic hominin remains from Eshkaft-e Gavi (southern Zagros Mountains, Iran): description, affinities, and evidence for butchery

• Published in: Journal of human evolution Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 248 - 259
• Main Authors: Scott, Jeremiah E., Marean, Curtis W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Anthropophagy; Asia; Bone and Bones - anatomy & histology; Cannibalism; Epi-Paleolithic; Fossils; Hominidae - anatomy & histology; Hominidae - psychology; Human ecology; Human paleontology; Human remains; Humans; Iran; Methodology and general studies; Middle East and Indian Peninsula; Modern humans; Molar - anatomy & histology; Neanthropus; Palaeolithic and mesolithic; Paleoanthropology; Prehistory and protohistory; Upper Paleolithic; Upper Palaeolithic; Epipalaeolithic; Middle Palaeolithic; Iran; Asia; Epi-Paleolithic; Upper Paleolithic; Modern humans; Cannibalism; Homininae; Cut mark; Human palaeontology; Butchery; Human remain

Eshkaft-e Gavi is a cave located in the southern Zagros Mountains of Iran and is one of the few archaeological sites in the region to preserve both Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic occupations. Excavation of the site in the 1970s yielded an assemblage of lithic and faunal remains, including...