Tepe Baglar/Mahalتپه بیگلر/تپه محال
Location: In the vicinity of the village of Alibeyglū, 20 km north of Uramia, northwestern Iran, West Azerbaijan Province.
37°44’30.0″N 45°04’14.4″E
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Historical Period
Bronze Age, Iron Age
History and description
Tepe Baglar also called Mahal is a triangular mound located 500 m to the west of the village of Alibeyglū and 200 south of Tepe Qabrestan. The mound measures 140 x 130 with a height of 7 m above the surrounding area. Based on the collected surface ceramics, Tepe Baglar has an archaeological sequence from the Early Bronze Age to the Iron Age period.
Archaeological Exploration
Tepe Baglar was recorded during an archaeological survey in northwestern Iran by an Italian team under the direction of Paolo Emilio Pecorella on behalf of the Institute of Mycenaean and Aegean-Anatolian Studies (now the Institute of the Ancient Mediterranean Studies), Italy’s National Research Council (CNR), in 1976.
Bibliography
Pecorella, P. E. and M. Salvini, Tra lo Zagros e l’Urmia. Ricerche Storiche ed Archologiche Nell’Azerbaigian Iraniano, Rome, 1984, p. 147.
