Skull Cave
(ولسوالی کشنده - AF)
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Location
Skull Cave (note 1) is one of the archaeologically important (note 2) caves (or rock shelters) in the vicinity of –>Aq Kupruk. The cave entrance opens in a high terrace of the Balkh River (Balkhab) »in the limestone hills of the Hindu Kush mountains about 100 km south of Mazar-i Sharif« (DUPREE 1964: 638). ARCHAEOLOGY: »AK IV (Skull Cave) produced burials of approximately ten Later Iron Age individuals. We have not definitely dated the graves as yet, but we recovered much grave furniture which points (at least tetatively) to about fifth-sixth centuries A.D.« (DUPREE 1972a: 11). The excavated ceramics are described by DUPREE & KOLB (1972).
NOTE 1: "Skull Cave" seems to be a field name for »Aq Kupruk Four« (AK4).
Documents
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Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Asp (Ghar i) | ||
| 0.8 | MAR, 2nd (Ghar i) | ||
| 1.0 | Mar (Ghar i) [Snake Cave] | ||
| 58.7 | SHADIAN PITS | ||
| 94.6 | KHULM - MAZAR-e SHARIF road 1 (Cave on the) | ||
| 97.0 | HAIBAK - KHOLM CAVES | ||
| 99.4 | KHULM - MAZAR-e SHARIF road 2 (Cave of the) | ||
| 99.9 | KARA KAMAR, Sarqia-i- Afghania 1 | ||
| 100.2 | SAYYAD (Caves at) |
Limestone
Herbert Daniel Gebauer (02/02/2016)