Tepe Zagheh
Zagheh · Tepe Zagheh Qazvin
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE)·Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic → Sialk I–II related·🇮🇷 Qazvin Plain, North-Central Iran, Iran
About
About Tepe Zagheh
Chalcolithic painted-ware village (4 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by Negahban and Malek Shahmirzadi. Late Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE) with chagha-mah green wares, Zagheh painted buff ware and a plastered shrine with wall paintings, defining the Qazvin–Tehran Chalcolithic.
Why it mattersKey Qazvin Plain, North-Central Iran sequence for Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE); painted-ware farming village with shrine at qazvin–tehran corridor.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Tepe Zagheh relative to neighbouring centres?
Theories
- 01Regional centre hypothesis for Qazvin Plain
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.6000 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE)
- Culture
- Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic → Sialk I–II related
- Builders
- Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic communities
- Purpose
- Painted-ware farming village with shrine at Qazvin–Tehran corridor
- Rediscovered
- 20th century survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1960
Foundation/earliest horizon
1980
Major excavations
2020
Conservation/monitoring
On the ground
Structures & features
35.8300° N · 50.1500° E · 1280 m · 2 mapped features
Painted tripartite houses
structureMudbrick tripartite houses with Zagheh painted buff ware
35.8302° N · 50.1503° EPlastered shrine
shrineNon-domestic shrine with red geometric wall paintings
35.8298° N · 50.1497° E