Bampur
Bampur is a city in Iran in the province of Sistan and Balochistan .
history
A prehistoric Bronze Age settlement was located here, which was discovered by Sir Aurel Stein in 1932 . Excavations were only undertaken by Beatrice de Cardi in 1966, who published their results in 1970.
The ruins are now crowned by a fortress. Excavations took place in two places west of the fortress. The hill including the fortress is about 300 × 300 m in size. The oldest remains date from the late 4th century BC. Six layers could be distinguished (Bampur I – VI). Remnants of adobe architecture came to light. Because of the relatively small excavation sections, no floor plans of entire buildings could be recorded. The found material, especially the pottery, has great similarities in layers I to IV with that of Schahr-e Suchte and can be assigned to the Helmand culture . It dates back to the third millennium BC. The ceramics are often painted. There were bronze seals, clay figures and the remains of a mousetrap. In layer IV pottery appears, which is also known from the Umm-an-Nar culture in Oman .
The fortress may date from the Sassanid period. But it was also used and rebuilt and expanded in Islamic times. The local governors lived here.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maurizio Tosi: Bampur: a Problem of Isolatio , in East and West , Vol. 24, No. 1/2 (March-June 1974), pp. 29
- ↑ Beatrice De Cardi: Excavations at Bampur, a third millennium settlement in Persian Baluchistan , 1966. Anthropological papers of the AMNH; v. 51, pt. 3 online
- ^ De Cardi: Excavations at Bampur , p. 241.
- ↑ Bampur i. Prehistoric Site, on Iranica
- ↑ Bampur ii. In Modern Times, on Iranica
Coordinates: 27 ° 12 ′ 6.5 ″ N , 60 ° 26 ′ 45.6 ″ E
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