Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE)·Hissar Culture·🇮🇷 Semnan, Damghan, Iran
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About Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier 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 11 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.1469N 54.3770E 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
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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
- Excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction of Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 580 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.1469° N · 54.3770° E · 1263 m · 3 mapped features
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier — Main Tell Feature
templePrimary temple at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
36.1461° N · 54.3755° ETepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
chamberAncillary chamber at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits
36.1453° N · 54.3785° ETepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
cairnOutlier cairn panel linked to Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
36.1467° N · 54.3750° E