Cave Settlement Potential of Caves and Rock Shelters in Aceh Besar Regency

an introduction to caves and rock shelters of sonqor, kermanshah province, iran

the research layout of surveying sonqor’s caves and rock shelters has been presented according to the region’s importance in archeological studies, lack of documented data, and necessity of registering most monuments which have been less considered as a result of uneasy access. the need of this project is characterized with regard to former surveys which just considered registering the region’s...

Detection of Caves and Cave-bearing Geology on Mars

Overview: The objectives of the Earth-Mars Cave Detection Project is to identify regions on Mars likely to contain caves and/or cave-bearing geology through (1) the analysis of multispectral imagery from past and current orbital missions and other orbital assets (e.g., radar), and (2) the investigation of terrestrial analogs for the identification of associated thermal, and geosignatures. The p...

Comparative study between karafto cave and Aqrablu’s Rock Art

In different regions of Iran, numerous rock arts are obtained and the large number of them have been described and studied in various magazines and books. The rock art of Aqrablu in Bokan-Shahindej and karafto cave in Divandarreh, located in West Azerbaijan and Kurdistan provinces, are the valuable petroglyphs in the west and north-west of Iran. This study was based on literature review and fie...

rock engravings of ghalat niloo cave

painted rocks may be considered the oldest manifestation of art in human society. the history of this art is estimated to be more than 30 thousand years. this art has also a long history in iran. this article introduces one of these rock art sites i.e. ghalat niloo which is located in kazeroon county, south-east of ghalat niloo village. the purpose of this study is to identify and determine th...

Paleolithic cave rock art, animal coloration, and specific animal habitats.