Tepe Qabrestanتپه قبرستان
Location: North of Urmia, northwestern Iran, West Azerbaijan Province.
37°44’39.3″N 45°04’16.7″E
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Historical Period
Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Iron Age
History and description
Tepe Qabrestan is an oval mound situated 500 m west of the village of Alibeyglū, 20 km north of Urmia. The mound measures 90 x 80 m with a height of 6 m above the surrounding plain. On the mound, there is an imamzadeh. The mound has been used as a cemetery for the surrounding villages. Based on the surface ceramics, Tepe Qabrestan is possibly a Neolithic/Chalcolithic site with an Iron Age re-occupation.
Archaeological Exploration
Tepe Qabrestan 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.
