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Yafteh
33.5670° N, 48.2739° E
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Yafteh is an Upper Paleolithic cave located at the foot of Yafteh Mountain in the Zagros Mountains range, located northwest of Khoramabad in western Zagros, Lorestan Province of western Iran.
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Radiocarbon dates clustered
c. 28,000–35,000 years ago
Primary occupation
c. 30,000–35,000 years ago
Initial discovery and excavation
1960s
1967 excavations (assemblages)
1967
Re-analysis of lithics
2005
Re-excavation by Belgian–Iranian team
2005
MA thesis study
2007
Further excavation
2008
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