Tepe Arisman

Tepe Arisman in Isfahan Province, Natanz, Iran is a Early Bronze (3000–2500 BCE) tell of Early Bronze (Arisman–Sialk IV) tradition. Early Bronze copper smelting centre feeding Sialk–Mesopotamia exchange. 3000 BCE, the site forms a stratified mound/karst mound 250×200 m, 9 m sialk iv–kura-araxes, slag heap 3 ha. Excavations since the mid-20th c. expose mudbrick and slag mound with sialk iv red ware, early bronze smelting furnaces architecture with diagnostic ceramics, lithics and administrative finds.

Archaeobotany and radiocarbon anchor the sequence, informing regional Early Bronze (Arisman–Sialk IV) networks across the Isfahan Province. Threats include mining, erosion, agriculture; research continues on Early Bronze (Arisman–Sialk IV) chronology.