Name
Zeynalu زینالو
Map
Historical Period
Bronze Age, Sasanian
History and description
Zeynālū is a mound within a present-day village of the same name, 18 km north of Urmia. The mound seems to be much larger in the past but it has been taken over and destroyed by the village's buildings. In its present state of conservation, the mound is 250 x 200 m with a height of 10-15 m. Based on the scattered surface pottery, the mound has been dated to the third millennium B.C. with a later occupation during the Sasanian period.
Archaeological Exploration
Zeynālū was first recorded and mapped in 1976 by an Italian team led by Paolo Emilio Pecorella on behalf of the Anatolian Section of the the Institute of Mycenaean and Aegean-Anatolian Studies (now the Institute of the Ancient Mediterranean Studies), Italy’s National Research Council (CNR), Rome.
Bibliography
Pecorella, P. E. and M. Salvini, Tra lo Zagros e l’Urmia. Ricerche Storiche ed Archologiche Nell’Azerbaigian Iraniano, Rome, 1984, p. 142.
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