ʿALĪKOŠ, an archeological site dating to the 8th millennium B.C. in southwestern Iran, near the modern town of Deh Lorān,…

DEHLORĀN (Deh Lorān), the name of a šahrestān (subprovince) in Īlām province in southwestern Persia, and of the main town….

ČOḠĀ SAFĪD (Chogha Sefid), site in Ḵūzestān. Čoḡā Safīd is a prehistoric site on the Dehlorān (Deh Luran) plain, dating…

NEOLITHIC AGE IN IRAN. Originally the term “Neolithic” referred to the final Stone Age before the ages of metals, that…

PALEOLITHIC AGE IN IRAN. Introduction. The Paleolithic or ‘Old Stone Age’ begins with the first stone tools some 2.5million years…