Tall-i Bakun
Encyclopedia
Tall-i Bakun or Tall-e Bakun (in modern Fars Province, Iran
) was a prehistoric site
in the Ancient Near East
about 3 km south of Persepolis
.
to circa 4th millennium BC.
done by Ernst Herzfeld
, of the University of Berlin. Alexander Langsdorff and Donald McCown conducted full scale excavations in 1932. Additional work was done at the site in 1937 by Erich Schmidt
leading the Persepolis Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
.
Some limited work was done at Tall-i Bakun
by a team from the Tokyo University led by Namio Egami and Seiichi Masuda in 1956.
The most recent excavations were by a joint team of the Oriental Institute and
the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
) was a prehistoric site
in the Ancient Near East
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia , ancient Egypt, ancient Iran The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia...
about 3 km south of Persepolis
Persepolis
Perspolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire . Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid...
.
History
Little is known at this time aside from the site being active from circa 6th millennium BCto circa 4th millennium BC.
Archaeology
The site consists of two mounds, A and B. In 1928, exploratory excavation wasdone by Ernst Herzfeld
Ernst Herzfeld
Ernst Emil Herzfeld was a German archaeologist and Iranologist.-Life:Herzfeld was born in Celle, Province of Hanover...
, of the University of Berlin. Alexander Langsdorff and Donald McCown conducted full scale excavations in 1932. Additional work was done at the site in 1937 by Erich Schmidt
Erich Schmidt (archaeologist)
Erich Friedrich Schmidt was a German and American-naturalized archaeologist, born in Baden-Baden. He specialized in Ancient Near East Archaeology, and became professor emeritus at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.When he was young, he fought in the World War I, and was captured...
leading the Persepolis Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.
Some limited work was done at Tall-i Bakun
by a team from the Tokyo University led by Namio Egami and Seiichi Masuda in 1956.
The most recent excavations were by a joint team of the Oriental Institute and
the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation.
External links
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 5: Drawings and Maps, Records of Tall-e Bakun Collections Search Center, S.I.R.I.S., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Finding Aids Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Site photograph from the Oriental Institute
- Bowl from Tall-i Bakun at the British Museum
