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8,000-year-old village found in Iran
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:33:33
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A view of Chough Tepe in Iran's Mazandaran province
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Archeologists have discovered an 8,000-year-old village in Chough Tappeh, a small village in Iran's northern province of Mazandaran.
The stone tools discovered at the site belong to the Neolithic era, almost the 6th millennium BC.
The unearthed tools belong to a period preceding the emergence of agriculture.
The stone tools belong to an era of human existence when human beings fed themselves largely on wild plants as well as by hunting.
Tracking the historical evidence, the archeologists discovered some pieces of earthenware.
The rough craftsmanship and low quality of the pottery found at the site can be explained by the fact that the use of clay had just started at the time.
The excavations resulted in identification of the remains of a 2-meter long wall which is 70 centimeters wide. The existence of such a wall suggests ancient human settlement at the site.
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