Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension

Why it mattersKey tell for Isfahan, Kashan, illustrating Proto-Elamite construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.

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Built

c. 3500 BCE

Period

Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE)

Culture

Proto-Elamite

Purpose

Multi-period settlement mound with stratified occupation

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 3500 BCE

   Initial construction of Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension main structure

2. c. 1228 BCE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension

3. 19th–20th century

   Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection

• Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension — Main Tell Feature

  dromos

  Primary dromos at Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension — burial gallery with stratified deposits

  33.9729° N · 51.4037° E

• Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure

  structure

  Ancillary structure at Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits

  33.9735° N · 51.4052° E

• Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  enclosure

  Outlier enclosure panel linked to Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape

  33.9736° N · 51.4039° E