Ali Kosh

Ali Kosh is an archaeological site of the Neolithic period located in Khūzestān Province in southern Iran, in the Zagros Mountains, about 135 m in diameter.^[1]

Research has found three phases of occupation of the site over an almost 2,000 period, starting from about 9,500 years ago (7500 BCE).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Smith, Andrew Brown. African herders: emergence of pastoral traditions, pp. 67-68 (2005) (ISBN 978-0-7591-0748-9)

Bibliography

F. Hole and K. V. Flannery, The Prehistory of Southwestern Iran: A Preliminary Report, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 33, 1968
F. Hole, K. V. Flannery, and J. A. Neely, Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Deh Luran Plain. Memòria 1, Ann Arbor, 1969.
F. Hole, Studies in the Archeological History of the Deh Luran Plain. Memòria 9, Ann Arbor, 1977