Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE)·Hissar Culture·🇮🇷 Semnan, Damghan, Iran
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About Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension 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 enclosure 12 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.1491N 54.3780E 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
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
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
- Excavation ongoing
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction of Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1216 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension
1977–2010
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.1491° N · 54.3780° E · 1296 m · 3 mapped features
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension — Main Tell Feature
necropolisPrimary necropolis at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
36.1493° N · 54.3788° ETepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
templeAncillary temple at Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension — platform mound with stratified deposits
36.1501° N · 54.3762° ETepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
chamberOutlier chamber panel linked to Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
36.1508° N · 54.3768° E