Zayandeh River Culture
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Zayandeh River Culture (تمدن زاینده رود, literally "
Indus Valley civilization in ancient India
.
The Zayandeh River Culture is considered as a very important Neolithic Iranian settlement, along with Ganj Dareh.[2]
Link with Sialk and Marvdasht civilizations
During the 2006 excavations, the
Archaeological discoveries
Previous archeological excavations in the Zayandeh River basin unearthed a 50,000-year-old cave containing Human and Animal remains.
"Following archaeological studies, we are going to excavate two historical hills, one of which is alongside Zayaneh River midway, and the other in the Gav khooni swamp." said Mohsen Javeri, head of archaeological studies of the Cultural Heritage of Isfahan.
According to Javeri, both of the selected hills of the site for belong to the
Isfahan city
, it was determined that the city dates back to earlier than the 6th millennium BC.
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