FROM SARAB TO ALI KOSH TO TULA’I
The Iranian Neolithic in the 1960s
Society of Iranian Archaeology
Tarbiat Modares, 30/10/2011
Frank Hole
Yale University

Tepe Sarab
•Discovered in 1959 by Braidwood’s Iranian Prehistoric Project
•Excavated in spring 1960
•Excavated part has early ceramic Neolithic, similar to Jarmo
•No structures detected
•Subsequent small excavation by University of Toronto found later ceramic phase and structures
•Site never published
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Sarab-winter trench



Sarab aerial



Sarab-dig scene-1



Sarab - F digging



Sarab dig-2



Sarab profile-1



Sarab sherd yard



Linda B



RJB & Garthwaite
Braidwood and Marj Garthwaite


Sarab ILN-3



Sarab ILN-2



Sarab ILN-1



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Camp-5



Camp-1



Camp -4



Camp-2



Camp -3



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