Hazar Merd Cave

a Pleiades place resource

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The Hazar Merd Cave system is located in Iraqi Kurdistan, southwest of Sulaymaniyah. Excavations conducted by Dorothy Garrod revealed human activity, primarily through faunal assemblages, at this site during the Paleolithic period.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/349652622

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.4939156, 45.3110587

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- OSM location of Hazar Merd Cave (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Hazar Merd Cave (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Place type:
cave

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Wikidata Hazar Merd Cave (Q5687554)

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Hazar Merd Cave: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/349652622> [accessed: 08 February 2026]

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