Tall-i Bakun

Tall- i Bakun is an archaeological site in the southwest of present-day Iran, in the province of Fars.

In Tall- i Bakun is actually two hills, which are referred to as Tall- i Bakun A and B. Excavations of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago found in 1932 under the leadership of Alexander Langsdorff and Donald McCown and 1937 under Eric Schmidt and Donald McCown instead.

Tall- i Bakun B dated to the 6th millennium BC., It could be distinguished two cultural layers containing only waste and a rather simple, rough ceramics. There were no remains of architecture to be found.

Tall- i Bakun A was inhabited from about 4000-3500 BC. There were four layers can be distinguished. Layer III was the best preserved and shows a settlement in which the residential buildings were built close together with no roads or paths. The individual living a content consisted of several rooms. There was a pottery are observed. Remains of wall paintings and a wooden columns suggest a once rich interior. The pottery found here was richly painted. There were female figures and those of animals. There were also cylinder seals, which refer to a type of management.