KHONE-YE DIV. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FIRST SEASON OF IRANO-POLISH EXCAVATIONS
KHONE-YE DIV. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FIRST SEASON OF IRANO-POLISH EXCAVATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Preliminary investigations of a stone structure in the form of a ‘chahar taq’ located on a remote mountaintop constituted the main objective of investigations by an Irano-Polish archaeological team in its first season in Iran. The work at a site known to the local people as Khone-ye Div (House of the Demon) in North Khorasan yielded evidence of additional features, including a water reservoir, but failed to establish a reliable founding date for the complex. Its abandonment has been placed in the 9th–10th century AD on the grounds of the pottery evidence. It is also suggested based on the results of this short season that the building was a fire temple, but the identification requires further fieldwork to be confirmed.

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