IDNO

LS.75417.MCBUR

Description

Two men, two women and child sitting at the entrance to a cave, with two donkeys standing inside the cave. [JD 12/01/2026]

Place

W Asia; Iran; northern Iran; Ghar-e Kamarband

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Coon, Carlton

Collector / Expedition

Date

1951

Collection Name

McBurney Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.75404.MCBUR to LS.75450.MCBUR were found inside the wooden slide box now numbered C348/.
The list describing the individual slide 50 is pasted to the inside lid of box C348/:
"Map Lower Palace"
There is no relation between this list and the slide found in slot 50 of box C348/.

Publication: Same image published in 'A reflection on neolithization in the plains of Behshahr and Neka in Eastern Mazandaran, Iran' by Seyyed Kamal Asadi Ojaei, Rahmat Abbasnejad Seresti, Christopher P. Thornton, Roger Matthews. In 'Archaeological Research in Asia Volume 39, September 2024, 100522' and captioned: "Excavation of Kamarband Cave (Coon, 1951)."
Related text notes: "In 1949 and 1951, Carlton S. Coon excavated Hotu and Kamarband (Belt) Caves (Fig. 3; Fig. 4). He identified the Mesolithic/Epi-Paleolithic and Neolithic horizons in these caves (Coon, 1951, Coon, 1952) and emphasized the domestication of goats and sheep in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, and of cattle and pigs in the Pottery Neolithic levels. The deposits of Al Tappeh Cave in Behshahr (Fig. 5) have been dated to ca. 12,000–10,000 BCE and attributed to the Mesolithic/Epi-Paleolithic Period (McBurney, 1968)." [JD 11/01/2026]

Bibliographical Reference: S.C. Coon Cave Explorations in Iran 1949 the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1951). [JD 11/01/2026]