TEHRAN - Dehloran, as one of the considerable regions in western Iran, has been settled in ancient times and includes signs of civilization, stated Habibollah Mahmoudian, a faculty member at Islamic Azad University of Ilam.He told ISNA that Ilams pre-civilization period is called the Proto-Elamite period, adding that numerous artifacts have actually remained from this era.Excavations conducted in the area reveal that the humanity lived in [and around] Dehloran 8,000 years earlier and domesticated animals such as sheep and goats.Dehloran was considered among the cultural and economic centers in this era, which is concurrent with Ali-Kosh period-- famous to pre-pottery era.
The ruins of Ali-Kosh hill were occupied by people before the invention of potteries.This era was simultaneous with other ancient regions such Choghamish, Tal Bakon Fars and Goodin Tepe.Also, areas like Bayat in Dehloran and Meymeh in Zarrinabad were settled by people throughout that time.Agricultural and animals breeding developmentsMahmoudian described that archeological findings suggest that human beings achieved to cultivate veggie seeds such as barley, lentils, mung beans, flax and wheat in Dehloran throughout 5,500-7,500 BC.
They established the first settlement and domesticated the livestock.These developments have been approved by proof gotten from archeological excavations conducted by Kent Vaughn Flannery and Frank W.
Hull on hills of Ali Kosh, Cheghasefid and other ancient areas in 1961, he said.The people attained to introduce the very first town and settlement during 5,500-7,500 BC.
These villages show important advancements in architecture and social organizations of people of that era.Dehloran, as one key regions in pre-historic period, has actually played a great function in promoting agriculture, animal husbandry and preliminary architecture.Given the existence of rich monuments, he stated, the region is a testimony to ancient civilizations and human advancements in ancient times.Earlier Abdolmalek Shanbehzadeh, provincial tourism chief, said Dehloran plain is among the most considerable locations of the nation where a great deal of archeological excavations and surveys have been performed so far.However, the start of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) and land leveling for farming functions over the past twenty years have caused permanent damage to the ancient websites throughout the plain, he explained.The Dehloran plain is best understood for the excavations conducted at a number of prehistoric sites, which clarified the origins and development of inactive agricultural villages and towns in the region, and for surveys recording the history of settlement into the contemporary era.As a reasonably little and remote rural area, it has actually always been affected by political, economic, and technological developments in the nearby areas of Khuzestan, the Zagros Mountains, and Mesopotamia.
Starting as early as the 3rd millennium BC and throughout its subsequent history, it was under the political control of kingdoms in one or another of these regions according to Iranica Encyclopedia.Although no cuneiform texts have actually been found at any of the Dehloran sites, the most prominent mound, Tepe Musiyan, is perhaps to be determined as ancient Urua, an Elamite city understood from Mesopotamian texts.Dehloran has actually been on a trade route connecting the Zagros Mountains with Mesopotamia; in the 1st millennium, the route connecting the Achaemenid capitals of Susa and Ecbatana went through the region.From the 18th century, Dehloran has been a winter season resort for the regional tribes.KD.
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