New Findings of Paleolithic Period from Khosf, Southern Khorasan, the Northeastern Edge of Lut Desert

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Meysam Nikzad ¹ , Hossein Sedighian ²

1 - Ph.D. Student in Prehistoric Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Ph.D. Student in Islamic Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2023-04-29 Accepted : 2023-04-29 Published : 2016-02-20

Keywords: Middle Paleolithic, Southern Khorasan, Khosf, Archaeological Survey, Northeastern Edge of Lut Desert,

Abstract :

Located in the south half, Khosf is one of the counties of south Khorasan. As little archaeological research has been done in Khosf so far and there is no proper information about ancient sites of it, an archaeological survey of Khosf initiated in 2014. The survey resulted in identification of 238 sites including ancient monuments, historical sites and ancient mines and so on that were located mainly in eastern part of it. But among them we found six lithic scatters which may date back to middle Paleolithic Period. The present paper is involved with a techno-typological analysis of the lithic findings of this site.