Tappe Karasf, A Middle Islamic Site in Khodabande County, Zanjan Province

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Hamed Zifar ¹ , Iman Mostafapour ² , Behnam Ghanbari ³

1 - Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Abhar
2 - Ph.D. Candidate of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran
3 - Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Abhar

Received: 2023-04-06 Accepted : 2023-04-06 Published : 2016-08-22

Keywords: Zanjan, Khodabande, Karasf, Sixth & Seventh Centuries A.H, Incised Decoration under Glaze (Sgraffito), Garrus Ware,

Abstract :

Tappe Karasf which is laid on southwest corner of Karasf city is located in Khodabande county, Zanjan province. This site is part of a bigger mound that, unfortunately, most of it has been destroyed by human activities during last years. A salvage excavation was carried out during March and April 2016, because of massive destructions, and the mission was mainly concentrated on gathering maximum information. During this season of excavation, 3 trenches and 5 test trenches excavated to understand the architectural remains and cultural sequence of the site as well. Expedition managed to identify architectural remains belong to middle Islamic era (Sixth & Seventh Centuries A.H.) along with Islamic pottery herds, specially incised decoration under white and green glazes, and a particular type of pottery well known as Garrus ware.