🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Danger Cave
Great Basin Desert Culture (9000 BCE – 500 CE) · Desert Archaic / Fremont
Danger Cave in Utah, United States is a Great Basin Desert Culture (9000 BCE – 500 CE) cave attributed to Desert Archaic / Fremont culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Dust Cave
Paleo-Indian to Middle Archaic (10,500 – 4000 BCE) · Southeast Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic
Dust Cave in Alabama, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Middle Archaic (10,500 – 4000 BCE) cave attributed to Southeast Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Gatecliff Shelter
Great Basin Archaic (6300 BCE – 1300 CE) · Great Basin Archaic
Gatecliff Shelter in Nevada, United States is a Great Basin Archaic (6300 BCE – 1300 CE) cave attributed to Great Basin Archaic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Marmes Rockshelter
Paleo-Indian to Protohistoric (10,000 BCE – 1800 CE) · Columbia Plateau Paleo-Indian to Cayuse
Marmes Rockshelter in Washington, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Protohistoric (10,000 BCE – 1800 CE) cave attributed to Columbia Plateau Paleo-Indian to Cayuse culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Lovelock Cave
Lovelock Culture (2500 BCE – 1830 CE) · Lovelock / Paiute-Shoshone
Lovelock Cave in Nevada, United States is a Lovelock Culture (2500 BCE – 1830 CE) cave attributed to Lovelock / Paiute-Shoshone culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Russell Cave National Monument
Paleo-Indian to Mississippian (6500 BCE – 1000 CE) · Southeast Archaic to Woodland
Russell Cave National Monument in Alabama, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Mississippian (6500 BCE – 1000 CE) cave attributed to Southeast Archaic to Woodland culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Cave
Bluefish Caves
Late Pleistocene (24,000 – 12,000 BP) · Beringian Paleo-Indian
Bluefish Caves in Yukon, Canada is a Late Pleistocene (24,000 – 12,000 BP) cave attributed to Beringian Paleo-Indian culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Cave
Ksar Akil
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.50,000–20,000 BP) · Levallois-Mousterian → IUP → Levantine Aurignacian → Kebaran
Levantine UP type rockshelter (23 m, 50–20 ka, Egbert, IUP→Aurignacian) 10 km NE Beirut.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Chandra Shila — Rock Shelter West Face (Mizoram)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Chandra Shila — Rock Shelter West Face (Mizoram) in Mizoram, Lunglei, Chandra Shila, India is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art …
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Wadi Hammeh
Epipalaeolithic to PPNA (c.15,000–11,000 BP) · Kebaran → Natufian → PPNA
Jordan Valley Natufian–PPNA rock-shelter cluster (c.15–11 ka, Kebaran→Natufian hamster, early barley).
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Bhimbetka — Auditorium Cave Ancillary Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Bhimbetka — Auditorium Cave Ancillary Panel in Madhya Pradesh, Raisen, Bhimbetka, India is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art att…
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Theopetra Cave — Middle Avra Gate (Thessaly)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Theopetra Cave — Middle Avra Gate (Thessaly) in Thessaly, Trikala, Theopetra, Greece is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to…
🇭🇷 Croatia · Cave
Grapčeva Cave — Ancillary Niche B (Hvar Island)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Grapčeva Cave — Ancillary Niche B (Hvar Island) in Split-Dalmatia, Hvar Island, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed…
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche in Peloponnese, Argolis, Kilada, Greece is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to…
🇭🇷 Croatia · Cave
Vindija Cave — Upper Layer G (Krapina-Zagorje)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Vindija Cave — Upper Layer G (Krapina-Zagorje) in Krapina-Zagorje, Donja Voća, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed …
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Sefunim Cave
Upper Palaeolithic to Natufian (c.35,000–11,000 BP) · Levantine Aurignacian/Ahmarian → Kebaran → Natufian
North Carmel cave (c.35–11 ka, Kebaran–Natufian microliths, Ronen excavations) near Nahal Sefunim.
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Tabun Cave
Lower to Middle Palaeolithic (c.500,000–40,000 BP) · Acheuleo-Yabrudian → Mousterian (Neanderthal)
Mount Carmel UNESCO cave (500–40 ka, 25 m sequence, Neanderthal Yabrudian–Mousterian, Garrod/Jelinek).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Cave
Qanat Grotto
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Qanat Grotto in River Nile State, Sudan is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) cave attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Kunji Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.70,000–30,000 BP) · Zagros Mousterian → Baradostian
Lorestan cave 8 m deposits (70–30 ka, Mousterian→Baradostian, Neanderthal→UP) near Khorramabad.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Cave
Palace Jabal Cave
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Palace Jabal Cave in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Cave
Mound Cave
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Mound Cave in Coquimbo, Chile is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) cave attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Rock shelter
Asprochaliko Rock Shelter
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic · Mousterian / Gravettian
Large limestone rock shelter in the Louros River valley, Epirus, excavated by Higgs (1964) revealing Mousterian to Upper Palaeolithic layers spanning 100,000–26,000 years BP.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Klisoura Cave 1
Middle Palaeolithic to Mesolithic · Mousterian / Aurignacian / Epigravettian
Collapsed karstic cave and rockshelter in the Klisoura Gorge, Argolis, with 5 m deep trench divided into 14 stratigraphic units covering Middle Palaeolithic to Mesolithic (40,000–9,000 BP).
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Kleidi Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (Epigravettian) · Epigravettian
Epigravettian rock shelter in the Voidomatis Gorge, Konitsa, excavated 1983–1990 revealing Late Glacial hunter-gatherer occupations (16,000–10,000 BP) with microliths, faunal remains and early art…