Warwasi

Warwasi location in Iran
Location	north ofKermanshah
Region	Iran
Coordinates	34°27′34″N47°6′18″E / 34.45944°N 47.10500°E /34.45944; 47.10500
History
Periods	fromMiddle Paleolithic to lateEpipaleolithic

Warwasi is aPaleolithic rockshelter site located at north ofKermanshah in westernIran. It wasexcavated byBruce Howe under direction of lateRobert Braidwood in the 1960s. This site contains a rich archaeological sequence fromMiddle Paleolithic to lateEpipaleolithic.

• Braidwood, R. J. (1960) Seeking the World's First Farmers in Persian Kurdistan: A Full-Scale Investigation of Prehistoric Sites Near Kermanshah. The Illustrated London News no. 237, pp. 695–97.
• Dibble, H.L., & S.J. Holdaway (1993). The Middle Paleolithic Industries of Warwasi. In The Paleolithic Prehistory of the Zagros-Taurus, edited by D.I. Olszewsky and H.L. Dibble, pp. 75–99. Philadelphia: University Museum Symposium Series, Volume 5, University of Pennsylvania.
• Olszewski, D.I. (1993). The Late Baradostian Occupation at Warawsi Rockshelter, Iran. In The Paleolithic Prehistory of the Zagros-Taurus, edited by D.I. Olszewsky and H.L. Dibble, pp. 187–206. Philadelphia: University Museum Symposium Series, Volume 5, University of Pennsylvania.
• Olszewski, D.I. (1993). The Zarzian Occupation at Warwasi Rockshelter, Iran. In The Paleolithic Prehistory of the Zagros-Taurus, edited by D.I. Olszewsky and H.L. Dibble, pp. 207–236. Philadelphia: University Museum Symposium Series, Volume 5, University of Pennsylvania.
• Shidrang, S. (2018). The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Zagros: the appearance and evolution of the Baradostian. In The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archeology of the Levant and Beyond (pp. 133-156). Springer, Singapore.

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

• 1960s archaeological discoveries
• Archaeological sites in Iran
• Buildings and structures in Kermanshah province
• Former populated places in Iran
• Rock shelters
• Prehistoric Iran
• Epipalaeolithic
• Paleolithic sites

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