Cave of Dzhebel
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Cave and archaeological site in Turkmenistan
  location in Turkmenistan Show map of Turkmenistan Cave of Dzhebel (West and Central Asia) Show map of West and Central Asia | |
| Location | Nebit Dag (Balkanabat) |
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| Region | Turkmenistan |
| Coordinates | 40°2′1″N52°58′33″E/ 40.03361°N 52.97583°E/40.03361; 52.97583 |
| History | |
| Periods | Mesolithic,Neolithicand earlyBronze Age |
TheCave of Dzhebelis anarcheological sitenear theKrasnovodsk Gulfof theCaspian SeainTurkmenistan.First explored byAlexey Okladnikovin 1949 and 1950, the site revealedMesolithic,Neolithicand earlyBronze Ageartefacts.[1]
According toBernard Sergent,thelithicassemblageof the firstKurgan cultureinUkraine(Sredni Stog II), which originated from theVolgaandSouth Urals,recalls that of theMesolithic-Neolithicsites to the east of theCaspian Sea,Dam Dam Chesme IIand the cave of Dzhebel. According to Sergent, the Dzhebel material is related to aPaleolithicmaterial ofNorthwestern Iran,theZarzian culture,dated 10,000-8,500 BC, and in the more ancientKebarianof theNear East.[2]
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- V. A. Ranov and R. S. Davis (1979),Toward a New Outline of the Soviet Central Asian Paleolithic
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