Connected Sites
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"(...) 'Mousterian' lithic assemblages were first reported from a factory/quarry site near the summit of Jabal Umm Sinman (...) Two typical Middle Palaeolithic (...) sites containing Levallois-Mousterian stone artefacts were located during the Comprehensive Archaeological Survey. One of these sites was found on the very summit of Jabal Umm Sinman". (Nomination file, p. 16)
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Contains the "type site" of Le Moustier (UNESCO Ref 85-014)
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The presence of Acheulian hand-axes and Mousterian implement types from the Cultural Rock Arts in Ḥimā Najrān has been reported, e.g. at ʿĀn Jamal and Sha'ib Hinmat. (nom file p.14)
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"The Mousterian layers in Kunji Cave testify to the domination of the Neanderthals in the valley during the Middle Palaeolithic." - "The prehistoric caves and rock shelters (...) already provide outstanding material evidence of Mousterian and Baradostian cultures ranging from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic (...)." (AB Ev)
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"Flint tools from the Mousterian period (80,000 years ago) were recovered from hundreds of sites in the valleys of the Acacus."
See www.arcwh.org
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"This 54 ha property contains cultural deposits representing at least 500,000 years of human evolution demonstrating the unique existence of both Neanderthals and Early Anatomically Modern Humans within the same Middle Palaeolithic cultural framework, the Mousterian. Evidence from numerous Natufian burials and early stone architecture represents the transition from a hunter-gathering lifestyle to agriculture and animal husbandry" (UNESCO)
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"Some Palaeolithic cave finds are the earliest evidence of human presence at the spring-fed pool (Sarâb) of Bisotun......Nearby is the first Mousterian site excavated in Iran, the Hunter’s Cave (Ghâr-e Shekârchiyân) at Bisotun overlooking the famous spring and very near Darius’ inscription." (Nom File)
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"The site of Gran Dolina is a huge cave with several levels (TD-11 to TD-1), whose excavation began in September 1981......Level TD-11: Mousterian tools have been found."
See en.wikipedia.org
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