Tappa Gawri is an

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...

in the

Kermanshah Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is from Tehran in the western pa ...

, in

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, about from the south of the Ashayer Blvd (former Sanjabi Street). Tappa Gawri is one of the four mound sites in Kermanshah city. The other mound sites are Chogha Kaboud, Chogha Golan, and Morad Hasel. Tappeh Gawri includes two mounds, the larger is located north and is by and about high. The southern mound is by and about high. The site was recorded during an initial season of archaeological research in the Kermanshah and Mahidasht valleys, in the summer of 1975, by a team directed by Louis D. Levine from the

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, with the assistance of the Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research.Levine, L. D. (1974). Archaeological Investigations in the Mahidasht Western Iran-1975. Paléorient, 2(2), 487-490. They found surface archaeological material date to

Chalcolithic The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in di ...

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

Parthian Parthian may refer to: Historical * Parthian people * A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran * Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD) * Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language * Parthian shot, an archery sk ...

, and

Sassanian The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranian peoples, Iranians"), was an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, th ...

periods.

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