Haftavan Tepe
Kura-Araxes to Iron III (c.3000–600 BCE)·Kura-Araxes → Urmia ware → Urartian·🇮🇷 West Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran, Iran
About
About Haftavan Tepe
30-m high mound near Khoy: massive Kura-Araxes burnished black-burnished, Urmia orange painted ware, Mitanni green-glazed cylinder seals, Urartian pillar hall, Sasanian church. Dyson & Young excavations for Hasanlu-chronology. Haftavan Tepe — Urmia Basin Multi-Period Mound (Hasan Ali Horizon) context and stratigraphy linking to regional chronology.
Why it mattersHaftavan Tepe — Urmia Basin Multi-Period Mound (Hasan Ali Horizon)
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 Kura-Araxes to Iron III (c.3000–600 BCE)
- Period
- Kura-Araxes to Iron III (c.3000–600 BCE)
- Culture
- Kura-Araxes → Urmia ware → Urartian
- Builders
- Local communities
- Purpose
- Stratified mound documenting Urmia lake shore transgression sequence
- Abandoned
- post-period
- Rediscovered
- 19th-century surveys, modern excavations
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Kura-Araxes to Iron III
Stratified mound documenting Urmia lake shore transgression sequence
On the ground
Structures & features
38.1700° N · 44.7600° E · 450 m · 2 mapped features
Urmia Ware Level with Orange Paint
villageMiddle Bronze orange ware and burnished floors
38.1710° N · 44.7610° EUrartian Pillared Hall Insert
hallUpper mound Urartian 8-column post pads
38.1690° N · 44.7590° E