Tepe Ghabristan
Qazvin Province, Iran
Tepe Ghabristan (also Tepe Ghabrestan and Tepe Qabrestan) is an important late Chalcolithic tell in Iran's Qazvin province in the northwest of the country, about 130 kilometers west of modern Tehran. It is a four hectare (possibly reaching 10 hectares at its peak) low-lying site on Qazvin Plain. Tepe Ghabristan is important for understanding early metallurgy (copper workshops, crucibles), settlement patterns, and environmental shifts. It was buried under alluvium during its early history. It is a part of the Sagzabad Cluster research project in Iran, involving teams from the University of Tehran and international collaborators. More recent information is found in Maghsoudi (2014).
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