“Teshik-Tash and Shanidar: Middle Paleolithic Caves in Uzbekistan and Iraq Compared”
Journal: Mağallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb, Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Iskandariyyaẗ/Mağallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb, Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Iskandariyyaẗ
Year: 2016

The caves of Teshik-Tash (South Uzbekistan) and Shanidar (North Iraq) are considered two of the most important and best known Middle Paleolithic sites in Central Asia and the Near East. Situated in similar topographical locali es they yielded famous Neanderthal burials associated with Mousterian stone tools and similar specific faunal remains. Thence the current paper highlights and compares the character of the finds in these caves in order to show if the Teshik-Tash Neanderthal inhabitants cam