Excavations at the Prehistoric Sites of Tepe Dehno and Tepe East Dehno, Shahdad, Southeastern Iran

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Department of Archaeology, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran

Abstract

Dasht-e Lut (Lut Desert) is archaeologically well-known in Near East thanks to the presence, on its western edge,
of the Bronze Age urban centre of Shahdad. In 2012, the author launched a three-season field project in the area of
Shahdad, with an agenda articulated around three main research points: an extensive archaeological survey along
the western edge of the Lut Desert, the stratigraphic excavations of two multi-period prehistoric sites and, lastly, a
systematic surface survey and excavations aimed at delimitating the urban centre of Shahdad. This paper presents
the results of the second season of this recent project. Recent excavations at Tepe Dehno and Tepe East Dehno
in Shahdad plain have revealed levels dating back to a period from the early 5th to the early 3rd millennium BCE
based on absolute dates. A total of 10 charcoal samples from the mentioned excavated sites were analysed using
Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) method. Radiocarbon determinations obtained from the two aforementioned
sites have questioned the prehistoric chronology of southeastern Iran.

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Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies
Volume 7, Issue 1
2017
Pages 45-65

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