Tepe Hissar, Iran: Ceramic Chronology of a Bronze Age Town
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Research Discipline
Archaeology
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- Middle East
- Time Period Studied
- 4500–1900 BCE
- Researcher(s)
- Dr. Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann
- Project Overview
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The site is the largest known urban settlement in northeast Iran, and is located between the East-West trade route. These ceramics will be used to establish a new chronology for the region. The archaeological evidence for this study is derived from excavations by Erich F. Schmidt (1931–1933) and Robert H. Dyson, Jr. et al. (1976).
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This project aims to analyze, interpret, and prepare for publication the Bronze Age ceramic assemblages of Tepe Hissar.