Name

Tepe Baglar/Mahal تپه بیگلر/تپه محال

Ali Mousavi, May 8th, 2023

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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.

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