Verified34.6500° N · 61.2000° E · 800 m
Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound
Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1400 CE)·Herat culture·🇦🇫 Herat Province, Afghanistan
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About Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound
Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound in Herat Province, Afghanistan is a Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Herat culture. Mound tell on Hari Rud plain with Herat painted pottery. Herat Kuhsan mound with Timurid over Persian levels.
Why it mattersKey Herat culture stratigraphic tell for Syro-Mesopotamian sequence
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Halaf–Ubaid transition
- 02Neo-Assyrian administration
Theories
- 01Pottery kiln seriation
- 02Trade route monitoring
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. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1400 CE)
- Culture
- Herat culture
- Purpose
- Mound tell on Hari Rud plain with Herat painted pottery
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1920 CE
Modern survey
On the ground
Structures & features
34.6500° N · 61.2000° E · 800 m · 4 mapped features
- Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound — Citadel High MoundcitadelCitadel34.6501° N · 61.2001° E
- Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound — Lower Town Pottery KilnskilnsKiln area34.6498° N · 61.2002° E
- Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound — Stela / Orthostat FieldstelaStela area34.6504° N · 61.1998° E
- Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound — Storage BuildingstorageStorage34.6496° N · 61.1999° E