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Multi-periodSite Name: Tall-e Bakun Alternative Name: Bakun TepeCountry: Iran Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Marvdasht Nearest Village: Vali Asr
Latitude: 29.913880N Longitude: 52.885570E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Tall-e Bakun is divided into two parts, Tall-e Bakun A which is the larger western mound for which the coordinates on this page are given and which dates back from 4000 BC to 3500 BC, and the eastern mound Tall-e Bakun B which dates back from 5000 to 4200 BC. Tall-e Banuk was excavated in 1932 and 1937. Finds included painted pottery, stone mace heads, miniature alabaster figures, flint tools and some copper objects including a 25 cm long dagger. Mound A is reached by walking south across the fields from the village of Vali Asr which is 1.5km south from Persepolis and is reached by a small road off the Persepolis approach road. The interest here is standing on an ancient site which is sufficiently remote that pot sherds are still lying on the ground although there is little to identify after the trenches and excavations from the archaeological work last century. You can make a circuitous walk around crops and across country to reach Mound B to the east, or return to the village and follow the clay road out to the site. The clay road has allowed locals access mound B and it shows signs of rubbish having been dumped on and around it. There is a dilapidated site sign here too. Once again at mound B there is little to see except the excavation pits and the very occasional pot sherd although with sites as old as this (7000 years old) it is being at such an ancient settlement that is important for the visitor. The coordinates for Mound B are N29.91300 E 52.88823
References: The Tall-e Bakun Project, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
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