Name
Tepe Hesārak /Tepe, Sārakتپه حصارک/تپه سارک
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Historical Period
Iron Age
History and description
Tepe Hesārak is a natural hill of 30 m high by the Jājerud River. The top of the conical hill seems to be the location of a graveyard as early as the first millennium B.C. (fig. 1)
Fig. 1. View of Tepe Hesarak from the north in 1995 (photo: A. Mousavi)
Archaeological Exploration
Ali Valinouri carried out rescue excavations on behalf of the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research in the 1980s. No report has been published. Based on the finds, it seems that the conical hill was the site of a first millennium B.C. graveyard with typical grey ware of the Iron Age period (Mousavi, “La région de Téhéran," p. 159).
Finds
The excavated finds consist of potsherds, mostly typical grey ware of the Iron Age II period, and fragments of bronze weapons.
Bibliography
Mousavi, A., “La région de Téhéran à l’aube de l’âge du Fer: reflexions et commentaires sur les nécropoles du IIe millénaire av. J.-C.,” Iranica Antiqua, vol. 36, pp. 151-212.
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