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The
third excavation season of Marvdasht area, in the southern
province of Fars, wrapped up, proving the previous dating
wrong.
The joint team of Iranian and Japanese archeologists
headed by Alizadeh from the Oriental Institute of the
Chicago University showed the previous identification of
the oldest residences by foreign and domestic experts
incorrect. The most ancient residential areas are now
pinpointed in Bakoun near Persepolis, said representative
of Parse-Pasargade Institution that helps in the studies,
Asgari.
The cultural sequences of the area have completely
changed, Asgari quoted Alizadeh as saying, and the studies
shows that the first living quartere of the area have been
in Bakoun B and Jari A Hill, followed by residence in Jari
B Hill and Meshki region, which were previously identified
as the oldest.
The research has also found evidence from 4000 to 6500
B.C. in Marvdasht, which shows that the cultivated soil of
the plain is most probably a result of the Sivar River
passing through the region in ancient times.
Determining the life style in the area as nomadic, and
discovery of several crocks have been other results of the
excavations.
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