Ali Kosh

Ali Kosh
	Map showing location of Ali Kosh and other locations of early herding activity
	Neolithic sites in Iran
Location	Ilam Province
Region	Iran
Diameter	135 m
History
Cultures	Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Site notes
Discovered	1960s
Archaeologists	Frank Hole; Kent Flannery;

Coordinates: 32°33′28.13″N 47°19′29.72″E / 32.5578139°N 47.3249222°E / 32.5578139; 47.3249222

Ali Kosh is a small Tell of the Early Neolithic period located in Ilam Province in west Iran, in the Zagros Mountains.^[1] It was excavated by Frank Hole and Kent Flannery in the 1960s.^[2]

The site is about 135 m in diameter.^[3]

Research has found three phases of occupation of the site over an almost 2,000 period, starting from about 9,500 years ago (7500 BCE).^[3] It was occupied by pre-pottery peoples.^[4]

References

↑ Hole, Frank. "Ali Kosh". Yale Campus Press. Yale University. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
↑ Darvill, Timothy (2008). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2nd ed.). Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199534043.001.0001. ISBN 9780191727139.
1 2 Smith, Andrew Brown (2005). African herders: emergence of pastoral traditions. Rowman Altamira. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-0-cite7591-0748-9 Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help).
↑ Langer, William L. (1972). An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 17. ISBN 0-395-13592-3. LCCN 72186219.

Bibliography

F. Hole and K. V. Flannery, The Prehistory of Southwestern Iran: A Preliminary Report, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 33, 1968
F. Hole, K. V. Flannery, and J. A. Neely, Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Deh Luran Plain. Memòria 1, Ann Arbor, 1969.
F. Hole, Studies in the Archeological History of the Deh Luran Plain. Memòria 9, Ann Arbor, 1977

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[1] Hole, Frank. "Ali Kosh". Yale Campus Press. Yale University. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[2] Darvill, Timothy (2008). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2nd ed.). Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199534043.001.0001. ISBN 9780191727139.

[Smith-3] 1 2 Smith, Andrew Brown (2005). African herders: emergence of pastoral traditions. Rowman Altamira. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-0-cite7591-0748-9 Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help).

[4] Langer, William L. (1972). An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 17. ISBN 0-395-13592-3. LCCN 72186219.