Verified35.7700° N · 49.9300° E · 1300 m
Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel
Iron Age II–III (1000–550 BCE) Median·Median·🇮🇷 Qazvin Province, Iran
About
About Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel
Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel in Qazvin Province, Iran is a Iron Age II–III (1000–550 BCE) Median tell attributed to Median. Mound citadel with Median pillared halls at Sagzabad. Malek Sagzabad Iron II citadel with pillared hall like Hasanlu.
Why it mattersKey Median site informing Central Asian prehistory
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology refinement
- 02Metallurgy evidence
Theories
- 01Long-distance trade route
- 02Urbanism genesis
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. 1000 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age II–III (1000–550 BCE) Median
- Culture
- Median
- Purpose
- Mound citadel with Median pillared halls at Sagzabad
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
35.7700° N · 49.9300° E · 1300 m · 3 mapped features
- Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel — High Citadel MoundcitadelCitadel or high mound35.7701° N · 49.9301° E
- Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel — Lower TerraceterraceLower settlement terrace35.7698° N · 49.9302° E
- Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel — Fortification CircuitwallsEnclosing wall35.7704° N · 49.9298° E