🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Kul Tepe (Jolfa, near Araxes)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I–II (5000–2800 BCE) · Dalma → Pisdeli → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian)
Araxes floodplain tell with Dalma–Kura-Araxes sequence linking Urmia to Transcaucasia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Norsun Tepe (Norsuntepe)
Late Chalcolithic to MBA (Uruk, EBA, MBA) · Late Uruk → Transcaucasian (Kura-Araxes) → MBA Hurrian
Keban salvage tell with Chalcolithic–MBA stratified sequence — Uruk enclave, Transcaucasian (Karaz) and early Mitanni levels before Euphrates dam flooding.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Yanık Tepe (Yanik Tepe)
Late Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (3600–1400 BCE; peak Kura-Araxes 3000–2500 BCE) · Urmia Chalcolithic → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian) → Early Urmia Bronze
Lake Urmia Kura-Araxes lakeside tell with black burnished round houses and metal workshops.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
İmikuşağı Höyüğü
EB I–III → MBA → Late Bronze Hittite (3200–1200 BCE) with Iron Age coda · Kura-Araxes → Eastern Anatolian EBA → Hittite-Kizzuwatna fringe
EB–MBA–Hittite tell (Kebanon) — Kura-Araxes to Hittite fortress, Esin Keban salvage key sequence.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Godin Tepe
Late Chalcolithic to Iron Age II (c.5000–500 BCE; peak Uruk interlude and Median 750–550) · Ubaid-derived Zagros → Uruk colonial (Susa) → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian) → Early Transcaucasian → Iron Age Median
Zagros road-stop tell of Uruk traders, Kura-Araxes migrants, Median hall and earliest chemically attested wine.