Tall-i Bakun
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Tall-i Bakun or Tall-e Bakun (in modern Fars Province, Iran) was a prehistoric site in the Ancient Near East about 3 kilometers south of Persepolis in the Kor River basin. It was inhabited during bakun period of pre 5500-4100 BC and followed with Lapuid period around 4100-3500 BC in its second fade.
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Location | Fars Province, Iran |
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Coordinates | 29°54′48″N 52°53′12″E |
Type | settlement |
History | |
Founded | 5th millennium BC |
Periods | Chalcolithic |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1929, 1932, 1937, 1956, 2004 |
Archaeologists | Ernst Herzfeld, Alexander Langsdorff, Donald McCown, Namio Egami, Abbas Alizadeh |
Condition | Ruined |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | Yes |
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