Abdul Hosein
تپه عبدالحسین · Abdul Hossein · Teppe Abdul Hosein · Luristan Abdul Hosein
Aceramic Neolithic (c.8500–7300 BCE; Abdul Hosein phase)·Zagros PPN (Abdul Hosein horizon)·🇮🇷 Kermanshah/Luristan border, Kuhdasht, Seimareh basin, Iran
About
About Abdul Hosein
Mound on Seimareh River near Kuhdasht (Luristan/Kermanshah border), excavated 1967 by Judith Pullar. Aceramic PPN levels 8500–7300 BCE with plant-tempered coarse ware, mudbrick houses and early domestic barley/goat — eponymous Abdul Hosein phase preceding Ali Kosh Deh Luran.
Why it mattersClassic Luristan PPN mound (Pullar 1977) defining Abdul Hosein ware before Ali Kosh — seed and goat early economy on Seimareh.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Abdul Hosein to Deh Luran gap — abandonment or shift?
Theories
- 01Pullar Luristan piedmont forager-farmer model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- PPN settlement c.8500 BCE
- Period
- Aceramic Neolithic (c.8500–7300 BCE; Abdul Hosein phase)
- Culture
- Zagros PPN (Abdul Hosein horizon)
- Builders
- Zagros PPN (Abdul Hosein horizon) communities
- Purpose
- Seimareh valley PPN farming-herding hamlet on Luristan piedmont
- Rediscovered
- Modern archaeological survey/ rescue
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.8500 BCE
PPN hamlet founded
c.8000 BCE
Coarse ware appears
1967
Pullar Tehran expedition
c.7300 BCE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
33.8500° N · 47.5500° E · 980 m · 3 mapped features
- Abdul Hosein — Cemetery areapalaceKey sub-area of Abdul Hosein (Aceramic Neolithic) showing Zagros PPN (Abdul Hosein horizon) horizon33.8492° N · 47.5496° E
- Abdul Hosein — Kiln fieldwallKey sub-area of Abdul Hosein (Aceramic Neolithic) showing Zagros PPN (Abdul Hosein horizon) horizon33.8500° N · 47.5502° E
- Abdul Hosein — Palatial compoundgateKey sub-area of Abdul Hosein (Aceramic Neolithic) showing Zagros PPN (Abdul Hosein horizon) horizon33.8508° N · 47.5508° E
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