Neolithic, bronze cultural era visible in western Iran

The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted head of the project as saying on Saturday that Tappeh Gouran is the first village in Halilan Plain which has cultural sequence of the Neolithic to Bronze era.

Among the most important evidences found in the area during explorations in 1960s by the Danish archeology team, human use of cottage and hut could be cited which were transferred to adobe and brick houses over the passage of time, he added.

Referring to the uniqueness of the evidence of the settlement in the cottages and mobile life in the layers of the Neolithic era in the Gouran Hill, he said the evidence show well how the early livestock breeders in Halilan Plain would migrate to the plain and take advantage of it in the winter time.

He added that the rate of sedimentation in the depth part is about two meters which was identified and registered through excavation in the natural zone surrounding the area.

According to the archaeologist, in the project and for specifying the zone, bore holes were made around the area and then detailed documentations was conducted from the surface of the area with a diagnostic approach.

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