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SITE ID - NAME :	K1	Karim Shahir
ANCIENT NAME :	-
OTHER NAME :	-
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Kirkuk
CHRONOLOGY :	Paleolithic
PERIOD CODE :	1
DESCRIPTION :	Open air site situated in the Central Zagros, 2 km northeast of Jarmo. Chronologically, the site is to be placed in the Early Holocene Upper Paleolithic, ca. 10,000-7250 BC. The site is of the same cultural tradition as Shanidar and Zawi Chemi Shanidar to the north. Large numbers of chipped stone tools and debris were excavated, mainly blades, flakes, notched pieces, scrapers, backed blades and some microliths. Clearly, these people were hunter-gatherers, but with regard to the earlier Paleolithic periods, finds such as possible dwelling floors, a stone living surface, a pit with red ochre, items of clay shell and bone, and stone ornaments indicate increasing economic and cultural sophistication.
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