The Preliminary Report on Archaeological Survey of Qezel-Ozan Basin in Northeast Area of Zanjan Province; Abbar and Darram Rurals

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Mohammad Bahramzade ¹ (Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Abhar, Iran.)
Arzollah Najafi ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Abhar, Iran.)
Reza Akhoundi ³ (Ph. D. Student in Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Abhar, Iran.)

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

Keywords: Zanjan Province, Archaeological Survey, Qezel-Ozan, Tarom-e Olya, Archaeological sites,

Abstract :

Tarom-e Olya is a Valley in north of Zanjan province and Qezel-Ozan river flows through it. Alborz mountain range in Parallel with the east-west direction is limited. In this survey may were using very few archaeological researches and new studies for making a new scenery of the region's cultural statuses in different periods presented and can by analyzing of this project data, determined regional and between regionals of communications and interactions cultures in this area. For this purpose, Abbar and Darram were studied in central brough of Tarom-e-Olya city. During this survey, 39 sites were introduced, record and identified. According to this Survey documents, we can see lots of Iron Age sites (16 cases), and historical period (12 cases), and watch the development of quantitative and qualitative settlements of the area from the second millennium BC. To the first half of the first millennium AD.Due to the large number of sites and cultural materials (19 cases), it seems this prosperity to have continued in different periods of Islamic era.