Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East
Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East North Annex · Persepolis Site
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)·Chalcolithic–EBA·🇮🇷 Fars, Persepolis, Iran
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About Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East
Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East in Fars, Persepolis, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal mound 220 × 180 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 29.9340N 52.8890E controls access to Fars resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Fars, Persepolis, illustrating Chalcolithic–EBA construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Chalcolithic–EBA
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified urban sequence
- Rediscovered
- 1962 survey
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East main structure
c. 1942
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
2002–2017
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
29.9340° N · 52.8890° E · 374 m · 4 mapped features
Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East — Main Structure
structurePrincipal tell — Mound 220 × 180 m with diagnostic masonry/panel
29.9348° N · 52.8899° EPersepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
29.9330° N · 52.8883° EPersepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
29.9355° N · 52.8902° EPersepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
29.9324° N · 52.8879° E