Aras Türkiye Eski Yakın Doğu Araştırmaları Dergisi

Yazarlar: Behrouz KHANMOHAMMADI, Roberto DAN, Keomars Hajji MOHAMMADI

Konular:Arkeoloji

Anahtar Kelimeler:Cyclopean Architecture,Giants’ Houses,Iran,Orumiyeh,Bronze Age,Iron Age

Özet: This article describes a group of archaeological sites recently identified in the area around Dostan village, located in Western Azerbaijan Province, Iran. These sites consist of six cyclopean structures located on the top of several hills. The text discusses the possible function and chronology of the buildings. The complex of buildings described here may be considered to belong to the category known as “Giants’ Houses”, a wide-ranging group of enigmatic cyclopean structures of uncertain date and function.

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