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<< News >> 6000-Year Burial Rites were Discovered behind Gelabar Dam

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 26 June 2007  Page Views: 2023

DiscoveriesCountry: Iran Following the discovery of burial rites belong to 3000 to 6000 years ago in a cemetery behind Gelabar Dam, in Zanjan province, north west of Iran, archeological excavations in this site came into new stage. In all the 4 graves which have been discovered in this site earthen vessels in red or grey which are typical of this age have been found intact.

“Following the archeological excavations in this prehistoric site, and after removing architectural layers, 4 burials belonging to 6000-year ago were discovered. It is believed that probably all skeleton found in these graves belong to children,” told CHN, Abulfazl Ali, head of archeological team working behind Gelabar Dam.

According to him based on traditions of people living in prehistoric period these burials have been done without putting any gifts in the graves and children were buried in the floor of the houses.”

A cemetery belongs to Iron Age I (1550-1250BC) have also been discovered, announcing this news, Ali told CHN: “More than 4 graves have been discovered in this cemetery which in all of them earthen vessels in red or grey have been found intact.”

He further added: “Although this site has been cultivated by farmers, bronze relics including a dagger was unearthed intact.”

Based on his remarks noticeable burial rites belonging to 3500 and 6000 years ago have been discovered behind Gelabar Dam.

“Along with this site, archeological excavations on Parthian- Islamic fortress behind Gelabar Dam still is underway and parts of its architectural structures have been revealed,” Ali said.

Gelabar Dam which has been established on a river with the same name was inundated recently without getting the approval of Iran Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO).

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Salvage excavation begins at 3000-year-old cemetery in northern Iran by coldrum on Thursday, 11 September 2008
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A team of archaeologists has recently begun salvage excavation at a 3000-year-old cemetery in the ancient site of Tahluj near the village of Mirar-Kola in northern Iran.


The cemetery will be submerged under mud and water when the Alborz Dam,located in the Savadkuh region in Mazandaran Province, becomes operational.



Three graves have been discovered during the excavations at the site, which covers an area of a hectare, team director Mehdi Abedini told the Persian service of CHN on Tuesday.



Abedini gave no details about their findings from the graves.



The team has previously conducted salvage excavations at the Iron Age cemetery in Lafurak village in Savadkuh in May 2005.



Twenty graves, three of them unique, were unearthed in Lafurak.



The three graves contained three skeletons with dolichocephalic (long-headed) skulls.



Experts had surmised that the three people belonged to a non-indigenous nation, since the inhabitants of Mazandaran at that time were a round-headed nation.



Since no other examples of skeletons with dolichocephalic skulls have been found in the region, it is believed that the ethnic group of the three people probably either left the Iranian plateau or emmigrated to other regions of Iran.



The archaeologists also excavated a 25-year-old man buried wearing a gold earring on his right ear and a silver one on his left ear in Lafurak.



The discovery was a big surprise for the archaeologists, since only bronze and iron earrings were found in previous excavations.



Bodies covered with a layer of special earthenware were discovered in the cemetery. Such a style of burial has never been discovered in any other Iron Age site in Iran.



The archeologists believe that the inhabitants of the site may have been pacifists, because no weapons have been found buried with the bodies in the Iron Age graves.



Burying their dead with their weapons was a custom for Iron Age people in Iran.



Many ancient sites as well as ten other villages will be submerged by the reservoir that will be created by the Alborz Dam.


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