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DigsSite Name: Godin TepeCountry: Iran
NOTE: This site is 47.266 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 34.518540N Longitude: 48.068640E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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DrewParsons Andy B have visited here
The importance of the site was due to its control over the early lapis-lazuli trade between Badakhshan in Afghanistan and the Mesopotamian flood plain. Cuyler-Young suggested the existence of Elamite trading posts at the site established by merchants from Susa.
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Additional Information added by Drew Parsons April 2014:
The site is located on the Tuyserkan to Kangavar road which runs east from the main Kangavar to Hamadan road. Turn east onto this minor road and drive 5 kilometres to reach a turning to Godin village on the right (south). Turn left (north) opposite this junction towards a gold domed mosque and the tepe is in front of you. There is an obscure small green site sign on the Tuyserkan to Kangavar road about 400 metres before the access described above. Towards the base of the tepe the ground is littered with pot sherds of all ages. There is open access to the top of the tepe where you can see the the excavations and remains of some walls. The site has been occupied for around 7000 years and so is an important historical site.
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