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Shanidar Cave (Kurdish: ئەشکەوتی شانەدەر, romanized: Eşkewtî Şaneder, [1] [2] Arabic: كَهَف شانِدَر [3]) is an archaeological site on Bradost Mountain, within the Zagros Mountains in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. [4]
Ralph Stefan Solecki (October 15, 1917 – March 20, 2019) was an American archaeologist. [1] Solecki was born in Brooklyn, New York in October 1917, [2] the son of Polish immigrants – Mary (nee Tarnowska), a homemaker, and Casimir, an insurance salesman. [3]
The Shanidar Cave, a Neanderthal archaeological site, lies about 15 km N-W from its peak. [2] References
Known as Shanidar Z, after the cave in Iraqi Kurdistan where she was found in 2018, the woman was a Neanderthal, a type of ancient human that disappeared around 40,000 years ago.
The reservoir that would have been created by the Bekhme Dam would have a storage capacity of 17 cubic kilometres (4.1 cu mi) and would have flooded numerous villages, the archaeological site of Zawi Chemi Shanidar and the access road to Shanidar Cave (although not the cave itself). [25] [26]
The archaeological sites in Erbil Governorate date back to different historical eras, and it was found through the archaeological survey work [1] that took place in the Erbil governorate that this area included the remains of ancient settlements and cities, [2] the most prominent of which Qalinj Agha Hill, [3] [4] [5] Tell Nadir, Kalak Meshak, Qasra, Lashkry, Aliawa, Helawa, [6] Ali Mawlan ...
Inside the Shanidar Cave, where the remains of eight adults and two infant Neanderthals, dating from around 65,000–35,000 years ago were found, northern Iraq. Skeletal remains of Shanidar II, c. 60,000 to 45,000 BCE.
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