Nemat Hariri, head of the Kermanshah Cave Emergency Site, said:
Due to the widespread destruction that has been inflicted on this ancie site in rece years, the necessary coordination with the Kermanshah Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Office has been carried out, and after obtaining a license from the research institute, speculation was met with two main goals.
He explained the goals of the project:
The first goal; The rescue of the cultural and biological remains of the site, which was destroyed due to unauthorized excavations and freque destruction. Due to the high speed of demolition and sensitivity of ancie deposits, recording, documeing and layering before the complete destruction of cultural deposits was one of the priorities of the program. The second goal; The realization of specific scieific goals was considered, given the unique geographical location of the cave, its proximity to the key area of the Yuwan Rock Register and the cultural evidence of the middle Paleolithic period.
Hariri added:
Emergency speculation of the cave in the Ajwan Mouains, part of the Bistoon-Shaho Karshist block, was carried out at a height of about 2 meters above sea level. Initial results show that despite the permane snow line at a height of 2 meters above the late Polystocon, this place was repeatedly used by humans. The existence of stone tools attributed to the culture of the so -called Zagros Monasty and the remarkable resemblance of the sedimes of this place with the five -rock bunker of Yuwan confirms the evidence of the use of this place by Neanderthal people in approximately 2 to 5,000 years ago.
The supervisor of the Emergency Monitoring Program of the Kanakhrs Cave of Kermanshah, poiing out that these findings are in line with the new scieific approach to Neanderthal, which is no longer conceived as an elemeary and limited species to biological abilities, said:
Modern research, based on field evidence and ierdisciplinary methods, has shown that Neanderthals had more sophisticated cognitive, cultural, and biological abilities than previously thought. This new view iroduces Neanderthal man not only as a subordinate or transie species, but as an iegral part of the history of human evolution.
The archaeologist said.
During this speculation, evidence of human activities such as the effect of stone cutting and heating on the bones of animals such as cave bears, horsemen, Gaussans, Bazansan, jackals and rabbits were discovered, evidence that the diversity of livelihoods of Neanderthal communities was discovered. In addition, rare evidence of pond turtle consumption was also obtained, indicating that these humans have used a wide range of meat food resources in the area. Also, the discovery of ash stoves and layers in this area shows the importance and freque use of this place by human societies.
At the end, Hariri noted:
This emergency speculation is of particular importance not only in preserving scieific data and preveing more degradation, but its results can lead to a deeper understanding of Neanderthal biological and cultural practices in the western Zagros region of Ceral Zagros.
