Teppe Zagheh

Teppe Zagheh (Persian: تپه زاغه) is an early urban settlement located near Qazvin, Iran.It was first excavated by a team from the University of Tehran under the direction of Ezzat Negahban in the early 1970s [1] - Discovery of a shrine with interior decoration.[2] It is suggested that the Painted Building was a special place for women to give birth After the re-excavation of Zagheh in 2001, new radiocarbon dates were obtained.[3][4] There were also many small clay 'tokens', used as counting objects, that were found at Zagheh; these are variously shaped, and are similar to such tokens at other Neolithic sites.[6] Clay figurines found in Mehrgarh (Pakistan), an important precursor to the Indus Valley civilization, resemble those discovered at Teppe Zagheh, and at Jeitun in Turkmenistan (6th millennium BCE).
Tepe Zagheh stone tools, c.7000 BC
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