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Ancient Iran Site Reveals Early Multilinear Urbanization
An American-led team uncovers Tepe Yahya in southeastern Iran revealing a protoelamite settlement dating to about 3500 B.C. with administrative tablets and seals. The find suggests simultaneous urban emergence in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, challenging the idea of a single origin for literate cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Reinhold
New York Times Service
Cambridge
Mass
Mesopotamia
Near East
Indus Valley
Iran
Tepe Yahya
Soghun Valley
An Gulf
Iraq
Pakistan
C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
Harvard
Peabody Museum
Iranian Archeological Service
American School of Prehistoric Research
Lamberg-Karlovsky
Kingdom of
Elam
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Lambert-Karlovsky
Indus
Quares
Sumer
Dilmun
Magan
Meluhha
Bahrein
Lamberg - Karlovsky