Chogha Sefid
چغاسفید · Choqa Sefid · Chogha Sefid Deh Luran
Neolithic (Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, c.7500–5800 BCE)·Deh Luran early Neolithic (Zagros)·🇮🇷 Ilam Province, Deh Luran plain, Iran
About
About Chogha Sefid
Deh Luran Neolithic tell 1.5 ha, 5 m high, Bus Mordeh–Khazineh (c.7500–5800 BCE) with pisé architecture, Dalma ware, and founder 7th-mill. village on alluvium. Excavated 1969–70 by Frank Hole shows pre-pottery Bus Mordeh sand-tempered ware → Khazineh painted, early goat domestication, lentil. Complements Ali Kosh sequence for Zagros Neolithic plant/animal domestication frontier.
Why it mattersZagros Neolithic goat/lentil domestication and Bus Mordeh type-site.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Bus Mordeh pottery pre-firing?
Theories
- 01Zagros independent domestication
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.7500 BCE Bus Mordeh hamlet
- Period
- Neolithic (Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, c.7500–5800 BCE)
- Culture
- Deh Luran early Neolithic (Zagros)
- Builders
- Zagros early farmers
- Purpose
- Alluvial farming hamlet and goat-herding camp
- Abandoned
- c.5800 BCE Khazineh end
- Rediscovered
- 1969 Hole survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.7500 BCE
Bus Mordeh hamlet founded
c.6500 BCE
Khazineh painted ware
c.5800 BCE
Abandoned
On the ground
Structures & features
33.1000° N · 47.4500° E · 180 m · 3 mapped features
Chogha Sefid — Bus Mordeh level
houseEarly sand-tempered pisé houses
33.1005° N · 47.4500° EChogha Sefid — Khazineh painted quarter
settlementKhazineh geometric ware houses
33.1000° N · 47.4505° EChogha Sefid — Goat pen midden
middenCaprine dung and lentil midden
33.0995° N · 47.4495° E
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