The Middle East generally (Bar-Yosef 1994) and Iran specifically (Vahdati
Nasab et al. 2013) have become a focus for the study of
human migration between South-west Asia and Central and Eastern Asia during
the Pleistocene (Asgari Khaneghah et al. 2005; Biglari
& Shidrang 2006; Heydari Guran 2012). In Iran, studies of the
Palaeolithic have concentrated on the Zagros and Alborz areas, but recent
work in the sub-montane areas, desert margins and lowland plains have also
revealed interesting results regarding the activities of hunter-gatherer
societies (Biglari et al. 2000; Dashtizadeh 2009; Vahdati
Nasab et al. 2009, 2010, 2013; Darabi et
al. 2012).