Geoy Tepe

Geoy Tepe
گوی‌تپه
Geoy Tepe is located in Iran
Geoy Tepe
Location within Iran
37°31′05″N 45°08′42″E / 37.518°N 45.145°E / 37.518; 45.145
Typetell
PeriodsEarly Bronze Age
LocationIran
RegionWest Azerbaijan province
History
Abandoned1200 BC
Official name
Geoy Tepe
TypeMound
Designated1963
Reference no.425
Conservation organization
Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran
Cylinder with a ritual scene, early 2nd millennium B.C., Geoy Tepe, Iran

Geoy Tepe (also Gök Tepe) is an archaeological site in northwestern Iran, about seven kilometers south of Urmia (Reżāʾīya), Gug Tappeh. It was found by an aerial survey of ancient sites in Persia done by Erich Schmidt in the 1930s.

The site's mound is 80 feet (24 m) tall and is situated by a natural spring. T. Burton Brown of Great Britain excavated the site in August 1948. It was found to have been continuously occupied from the 4th millennium BCE until 1200 BCE.

Remains of the earliest stage of the Kura–Araxes culture have been found here.

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References

  1. ↑ BURTON-BROWN, T. \95l. Excavations in Azerbaijan, 1948. John Murray, London