Kool Khazine: An Important Proto Historic Site in Abdanan, Ilam Province

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Khodakaram Mazaheri ¹ , Ebrahim Moradi ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Ilam Branch, Ilam, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Ilam Branch, Ilam, Iran.

Received: 2023-07-02 Accepted : 2023-07-02 Published : 2014-08-23

Keywords: Ilam province, pottery, Kool Khazine, archaeological surveys, ancient Elam,

Abstract :

In this article the authors have studied, compared, analyzed and identified the species of gathered finds during archaeological surveys of Kool Khazine. This site is located on the south of Abdanan Township (one of the townships of Ilam province) and adjoining of Khozestan plain. Kool Khazine comprises cultural deposits of different periods. The first cultural period that formed at this site, belong to prehistoric period, that determining of it exact chronology is difficult, because of limited finds. Until again, settlement is forming at Kool Khazine in Susa IVA period and in this manner, settlement continued for almost one millennium and finally, came to end in end of middle Elamite I period. In fact this site in addition to prehistoric period, comprise cultural deposits of this periods: Susa IVA, V, VI and VII. It seems that recent periods continued successively.