Tepe Ma’mūrinتپه معمورین
Location: Tepe Ma’mūrin is located 43 km to the south of Tehran in northern Iran, the Tehran Province.
35°25’10.6″N 51°11’43.0″E
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Historical Period
Iron Age
History and description
Tepe Ma’mūrin was originally an extensive site in the vicinity of the abandoned village of Ma’mūrin in the plain of Robat Karim. The archaeological site covers some 12 hectares and is about 5 m high. The first season of excavations saw the introduction of test soundings in different parts of the site which revealed architectural remains with Grey Ware ceramics of Iron Age date. According to the excavator's report, two subsequent seasons, in 1991 and 1995, revealed three occupation levels associated with mud-brick structures with rectangular plans; these units were apparently in use for a long period of time in that the plastered floors were renewed several times. As for the pottery, it seems that, according to the brief reports of the excavator, most of the ceramics found in these building levels are representative of typical Gray Ware of the early Iron Age date. However, in the absence of reliable documents
Archaeological Exploration
Ja’far Mehrkiyan conducted two seasons of rescue excavations at Tepe Ma’mūrin on behalf of the Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research in 1990 and 1991.
Finds
Bibliography
Alibaigi, S. and Sh. Khosravi, “Evidence of Socio-Economic Organizations (?) of the Iran Age Period in the Central Plateau of Iran,” Journal of Archaeological Studies, vol. 1/1, 1388/2009, pp. 89-90 (for Tepe Ma’mūrin). In Persian
Mehrkiyan, J., “Tepe Ma’murin,” Iranian Journal of Archaeology and History, No. 10, 1370/1991, pp. 86-87. In Persian
Mehrkiyan, J., “New Horizons on the Study of the Gray Ware Culture,” Mirs-e Farhangi, No. 3, 1374/1995, pp. 74-75. In Persian
Mehrkiyan, J., “Studies on the Newly Discovered Architectural Remains of the Gray Ware Culture at Tepe Ma’mūrin,” History of Architecture and Urbanism in Iran, Symposium of Bam, March 1996, Tehran, 1375/1996, pp. 345-356. In Persian
