Kul Tepe (other)
Kul Tepe may refer to: *Kültəpə, Azerbaijan *Kültepe, Turkey *Kul Tepe Jolfa, Iran *Gol Tappeh (other) Gol Tappeh () may refer to: Ardabil Province * Gol Tappeh, Ardabil, village in Ardabil County * Gol Tappeh-ye Malali, village in Ardabil County * Gol Tappeh, Kowsar, village in Kowsar County * Gol Tappeh, Parsabad, village in Parsabad County Ea ...

Kültəpə
Kültəpə (also rendered as ''Kultepe, Aşağı Gültəpə, Gültəpə, Kyul'tepe, Kul'tepe'', and ''Kultepe-1'') is a settlement dating from the Neolithic, a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,859. Research In 1951, archeologist Osman Habibulla began excavation in the settlement, clarifying the stratigraphy and cultural strata of the area. The tell (archaeology), tell was much disturbed in the past. As excavators had found, the town features a cultural layer with the total depth of 22 m. The earliest 9 m of this belongs to the Neolithic. Some Halaf culture artifacts have been found. In the Eneolithic layer the excavators discovered remains of buildings, as well as burial places. These buildings were round as well as rectangular-shaped, and were made of mudbrick. The diameter of the round constructions was around 6–8 meters. The rectangular ones are about 15 sq. m in ...
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Kültepe
Kültepe ( Turkish: ), also known under its ancient name Kaneš (Kanesh, sometimes also Kaniš/Kanish) or Neša (Nesha), is an archaeological site in Kayseri Province, Turkey. It was already a major settlement at the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC (Early Bronze Age), but it is world-renowned for its significance at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC (Middle Bronze Age). The archaeological site consists of a large mound (also known as höyük, tepe or tell), and a lower city, where a '' kārum'' (the Assyrian word for trading districtHow to translate the term ''kārum'' is debated. Cécile Michel has argued against the translation 'colony' or 'trade diaspora'. She notes: "The word kārum is often translated as 'colony' or 'trading colony' by scholars; however this term is not satisfactory since it often evokes some kind of domination of a state over a foreign territory (Michel 2014). In the Old Assyrian texts, the kārum refers both to the part of the town where merch ...
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Kul Tepe Jolfa
Kul Tepe Jolfa (Gargar Tepesi) (Kul Tapeh) is an ancient archaeological site in the Jolfa County of Iran, located in the city of Hadishahr, about 10 km south from the Araxes River. It dates to Chalcolithic period (5000–4500 BC), and was discovered in 1968. Occupation continues into the late Bronze Age. Pottery sherds have also been recovered from the Bronze Age and Urartian periods. Description Kul Tepe is a multi-period tell about 6 ha in extent, and 19 m high. It is located 967 m above sea level. About 50km away is the related site of Kultepe, Azerbaijan.Akbar Abedi, Behrooz Omrani and Azam KarimifarFifth and fourth millennium BC in north-western Iran: Dalma and Pisdeli revisited in: Documenta Praehistorica XLII, 2015, p.323 - academia.edu In Iran downstream the Araxes river, two additional sites from the same period have also recently been excavated, Kohne Pasgah and Kohne Tepesi. At Kul Tepe Jolfa, material was found from the Dalma culture period (5000–4500 BC), ...
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