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Submitted by Megalithic89 on Friday, 08 October 2021  Page Views: 876

Multi-periodSite Name: Shahar Yeri
Country: Iran Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Meshgin Shahr  Nearest Village: Pirazmiân
Latitude: 38.550460N  Longitude: 47.925421E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Shahar Yeri
Shahar Yeri submitted by Megalithic89 : Site in Iran "Shahar Yeri Ardabil Province" by Richard Weil is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0c (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Iran. The site is approximately 400 hectares and includes ruins of a fortress, a temple and a cemetery.

This ancient enclosure was researched during 10 years by an archaeology team from Manchester university until 1978. Three other times this ancient enclosure were researched by Iranian teams in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The third excavation season in 2005 has shown that Shahar Yeri was permanently populated from 7000 BC until the 1st millennium BC.



Excavations in 2005 allowed experts to discover some extraordinary things. The archaeological mission of Shahar Yeri found more than 300 menhirs there. […] These menhirs come in different sizes, dimensions and shapes. Their height varies from 35 cm to 250 cm. But the common feature of these menhirs is that they are cut and all represent the same image, with some differences in the details. They are human figures with hands, faces, eyes, hair and sword. But it’s curious to know that all those faces have no mouths! These menhirs are estimated to date from the middle of the second millennium to the middle of the first millennium BC.

Literature:
Les monhirs de Shahar Yeri, in: "La revue de Téhéran, No. 118, Sept. 2015", author Babak Ershadi.

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