|  | Dehloran | overview | 
	
		| Modern name(s) | Dehloran | 
	
		| Region | Zagros, Elam, and Iran | 
	
		| Section | Neolithic sites | 
	
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		| Latitude | 32.6945364 N | suggest info | 
	
		| Longitude | 47.32293399 E | 
	
		| Status | Imprecise | 
	
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		| Info | Early Neolithic tell on the Deh Luran plain in lowland Khuzistan, western Iran. Excavated by Frank Hole and Kent Flannery in the 1960s, the work was innovative in successfully using a flotation unit to sample deposits for carbonized plant remains. The cultural sequence begins at about 8000 bc and runs through for about two millennia, spanning the period when farming developed in the region. In the earliest, Bus Mordeh, phase (c.8000-7000 BCE) the settlement comprised simple rectangular houses built of mud brick. The occupants lived through a combination of simple farming, hunting, and gathering. Domesticates included herded sheep and goats together with hulled barley, and emmer and einkorn wheat. The inhabitants collected a wide range of plants and also fished. In the succeeding Ali Kosh Phase (c.7000-6200 BCE) the same range of domesticates were found and some hunting and fishing still occurred, but the contribution made by wild plants decreased dramatically as the use of cultivated plants increased. The settlement was larger, with more substantial buildings. In the third, Muhammad Jaffar, phase (c.6200-5800 BCE) there were further innovations, including the introduction of pottery, and farming had become firmly established. The site appears to have been abandoned in the mid 6th millennium BCE. | 
	
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		|  | 32.694536, 47.322934 === 32.694536 N, 47.322934 E === 32° 41' 40.3"  N, 47° 19' 22.6"  E | 
	
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		| Nearest sites | Teppe Bowla, circa 7.2 km (4.5 mi) south-west Ali Kosh, circa 15.2 km (9.5 mi) south
 Tepe Moussian, circa 16 km (9.9 mi) south
 Kabr Umm et-Tuwaib, circa 70.5 km (43.8 mi) south
 Tepe Guran, circa 119.9 km (74.5 mi) north
 Iwan-e Karkheh, circa 85.5 km (53.1 mi) south-east
 Tell Wabla, circa 113.8 km (70.7 mi) south-west
 Teppe Jaffarabad, circa 96.6 km (60 mi) south-east
 Dezjpol, circa 106.7 km (66.3 mi) east
 El-Akkar el-Kabir, circa 154.1 km (95.7 mi) south
 Teppe Suleiman, circa 99.5 km (61.8 mi) south-east
 Susa, Shushan, circa 104.2 km (64.7 mi) south-east
 Kabnak, Haft Tepe, circa 116.5 km (72.4 mi) south-east
 Abu Fanduweh, circa 114.7 km (71.3 mi) south-east
 Bagastana, Behistun, circa 188 km (116.8 mi) north
 Bugga Ishan, circa 122.2 km (75.9 mi) south-east
 Deh-e Now, circa 170.8 km (106.1 mi) north-east
 Chogha Bonut, circa 122.6 km (76.2 mi) east
 Hupshana, Deh-i Now, Deh-e Now, circa 136.1 km (84.6 mi) south-east
 Chogha Gavaneh, Eslamabad-e Gharb, circa 173.8 km (108 mi) north-west
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		| Database | ID 3433, created 16 Mar 2011, 11:30, Last changed 9 Apr 2012, 00:32 | 
	
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