Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City
Achaemenid (550–330 BCE)·Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana)·🇮🇷 Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
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About Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City
Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Achaemenid (550–330 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana). Achaemenid mudbrick city 6 ha with 27 buildings and fire temple north of Zabol, Achaemenid Sistan. Scerrato Dahan-e Gholaman only Achaemenid city in eastern Iran with columned halls.
Why it mattersKey Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana) site informing Central Asian prehistory
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology refinement
- 02Metallurgy evidence
Theories
- 01Long-distance trade route
- 02Urbanism genesis
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. 550 BCE
- Period
- Achaemenid (550–330 BCE)
- Culture
- Achaemenid satrapy Zranka (Drangiana)
- Purpose
- Achaemenid mudbrick city 6 ha with 27 buildings and fire temple north of Zabol, Achaemenid Sistan
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 550 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
30.8800° N · 61.3900° E · 480 m · 3 mapped features
- Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City — Citadel / High MoundcitadelHigh citadel or fortified nucleus30.8801° N · 61.3901° E
- Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City — Craft QuarterworkshopWorkshop district with furnaces or kilns30.8798° N · 61.3902° E
- Dahan-e Gholaman — Sistan Achaemenid City — Necropolis ExtensionnecropolisCemetery30.8804° N · 61.3898° E
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