Tall-i Bakun A
Tall-i Bakun A
Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun)·Bakun A Chalcolithic·🇮🇷 Fars Province, Persepolis plain, Iran
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About Tall-i Bakun A
Tall-i Bakun A in Fars Province, Persepolis plain, Iran is a Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun) tell attributed to Bakun A Chalcolithic. Proto-urban Chalcolithic painted-pottery centre. Stratified deposits with radiocarbon sequence and imported materials trace long-distance exchange. Systematic and rescue excavations exposed houses, fortifications and craft zones preserved as a multi-period tell on aerial imagery.
Why it mattersKey Bakun A Chalcolithic sequence for Fars Province, Persepolis plain; defines regional chronology for Late Chalcolithic.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Phasing precision vs radiocarbon plateau
- 02Ritual vs domestic architecture?
Theories
- 01Regional centre model
- 02ceremonial/territorial marker
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.4000–3500 BCE
- Period
- Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun)
- Culture
- Bakun A Chalcolithic
- Purpose
- Proto-urban Chalcolithic painted-pottery centre
- Rediscovered
- 1983 survey; systematic excavations
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c.4000
Initial founding / earliest level
c.2000 BCE
Major architectural rephase — walls and houses rebuilt in stone/mudbrick
2008
Modern systematic excavations / rescue programme
On the ground
Structures & features
29.9200° N · 52.5800° E · 1620 m · 3 mapped features
Tall-i Bakun A — Central mound/acropolis
structureMain stratified summit with houses/fortifications and sequence
29.9203° N · 52.5802° ETall-i Bakun A — Lower town / extramural area
complexLower town or extramural cemetery/workshop zone
29.9196° N · 52.5803° ETall-i Bakun A — Craft / midden quarter
workshopWorkshop or midden with pottery and tools
29.9202° N · 52.5796° E
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