Name
Jowi/Djowiجووی
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Historical Period
Neolithic
History and description
Located 10 km north of Susa, Tepe Jowi is 250 m to the left bank of the Sahur River. The site includes two mounds and measures 180 m long and 100 m wide. The southern mound is 10 m high while the northern mound is only 3 m above the surrounding plain. The archaeological excavations yielded seventeen layers in two major periods. Levels 17 to 13 are in the first period of occupation and exhibit mud-brick houses with hearths. These levels correspond to levels 6 to 4 of Jafarabad. Levels 12 to 5 are in the second period and they include remains of larger and solid architectural structures.
Archaeological Exploration
Tepe Jowi was first explored by Roland de Mecquenem in the 1920s and later by Louis Le Breton on behalf of the French Archaeological Delegation in Iran in 1934. The site was carefully excavated by Geneviève Dollfus the French Archaeological Delegation in Iran between 1975 and 1977.
Bibliography
Dollfus, G., “Tépé Djowi,” Iran, vol. 15, 1977, pp. 169-172.
Dollfus, G., “ Djowi et Bendebal, deux villages de la plaine centrale du Khuzistan, Iran Ve millénaire avant J.-C. : travaux de 1975, 1977, 1978,” Cahiers de Délégation archéologique française en Iran, vol. 13, 1983, pp. 133-275.
Le Breton, L., “Notes sur la céramique peinte aux environs de Suse et à Suse: Tépé Djowi,” Mémoires de la mission archéologique en Iran, vol. 30, Paris, pp. 147-172.
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