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Multi-periodSite Name: Shahar YeriCountry: Iran
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Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Meshgin Shahr Nearest Village: Pirazmiân
Latitude: 38.550460N Longitude: 47.925421E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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This ancient enclosure was researched during 10 years by an archaeology team from Manchester university until 1978. Three other times this ancient enclosure were researched by Iranian teams in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The third excavation season in 2005 has shown that Shahar Yeri was permanently populated from 7000 BC until the 1st millennium BC.
Excavations in 2005 allowed experts to discover some extraordinary things. The archaeological mission of Shahar Yeri found more than 300 menhirs there. […] These menhirs come in different sizes, dimensions and shapes. Their height varies from 35 cm to 250 cm. But the common feature of these menhirs is that they are cut and all represent the same image, with some differences in the details. They are human figures with hands, faces, eyes, hair and sword. But it’s curious to know that all those faces have no mouths! These menhirs are estimated to date from the middle of the second millennium to the middle of the first millennium BC.
Literature:
Les monhirs de Shahar Yeri, in: "La revue de Téhéran, No. 118, Sept. 2015", author Babak Ershadi.
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