Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE)·Hissar Culture·🇮🇷 Semnan, Damghan, Iran
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About Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West in Semnan, Damghan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) tell attributed to Hissar Culture. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal citadel 10 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.1521N 54.3725E controls access to Semnan, Damghan 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 Semnan, Damghan, illustrating Hissar Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Scale of population vs agricultural catchment
- 02Ritual vs domestic use
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Hissar Culture
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified occupation
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction of Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West main structure
c. 882 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West
2001–2013
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.1521° N · 54.3725° E · 1275 m · 3 mapped features
- Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Main Tell Featurerock artPrimary rock art at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — burial gallery with stratified deposits36.1506° N · 54.3735° E
- Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Secondary EnclosurehydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits36.1509° N · 54.3733° E
- Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Outlier Rock Art PanelnecropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West ceremonial landscape36.1540° N · 54.3729° E