Hazar Merd Cave
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Hazar Merd Cave
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Hazar Merd is a group of Paleolithic cave sites excavated by Dorothy Garrod in 1928. The caves are located southwest of Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Garrod's soundings in two caves in the Hazar Merd group provided evidence of Middle and Epi-Paleolithic occupation. it is referred to as Ashkawty Tarik in Kurdish, which means Dark Cave, it also has a commanding view over the valley and it's close to a small spring and a village with the same name. Dark Cave has a single lofty chamb
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Group of Paleolithic cave sites excavated by Dorothy Garrod in 1928
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazar_Merd_Cave
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2023-08-24T00:48:10Z
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