Geoy Tepe (Goy Tepe)
Hajji Firuz to Iron I (c.5000–900 BCE)·Hajji Firuz → Early Transcaucasian → Iron·🇮🇷 West Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran, Iran
About
About Geoy Tepe (Goy Tepe)
Burton-Brown 1948 type-site near Rezaiyeh (Urmia) giving K-stage Geoy sequence: Gurney’s Parallels to Pisdeli ware: Hajji Firuz burnished, Geoy M painted orange-over-buff, and Hasanlu Grey ware genesis. Ware defines Urmia basin chronological skeleton. Geoy Tepe (Goy Tepe) — Urmia Painted-Lake Sequence context and stratigraphy linking to regional chronology.
Why it mattersGeoy Tepe (Goy Tepe) — Urmia Painted-Lake Sequence
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic relation to neighboring cultures?
Theories
- 01Regional trade node
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Occupied Hajji Firuz to Iron I (c.5000–900 BCE)
- Period
- Hajji Firuz to Iron I (c.5000–900 BCE)
- Culture
- Hajji Firuz → Early Transcaucasian → Iron
- Builders
- Local communities
- Purpose
- Lake Urmia painted pottery chronology type site
- Abandoned
- post-period
- Rediscovered
- 19th-century surveys, modern excavations
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Hajji Firuz to Iron I
Lake Urmia painted pottery chronology type site
On the ground
Structures & features
37.5000° N · 45.1500° E · 450 m · 2 mapped features
Geoy M Painted Ware House
houseMiddle Urmia pillared dwelling with painted jars
37.5010° N · 45.1510° EKura-Araxes Dark Burnished Base Level
villageTranscaucasian black grit horizon beneath Geoy M
37.4990° N · 45.1490° E
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