%0 Journal Article %T Tepe Bardeh-Konte: A Mannean Site in Mahabad, Northwest Iran %J Persica Antiqua %I Tissaphernes Archaeological Research Group %Z 2783-2732 %A Hejebri Nobari, Alireza %A Mousavi Kouhpar, Seyed Mehdi %A Esmaili, Abdolkarim %A Aryamanesh, Shahin %D 2022 %\ 01/01/2022 %V 2 %N 2 %P 37-59 %! Tepe Bardeh-Konte: A Mannean Site in Mahabad, Northwest Iran %K Tepe Bardeh-Konte %K Mannaean %K Uremia Lake %K Iron Age %K Pottery %R 10.22034/pa.2021.133736 %X North western Iran is one of the main focal points of Mannaean sites for reconstruction of this historical period. Discovery of the sites such as Tepe Qalaichi, Zendan-i soleiman, Tepe Rabat, Qal’e Bardineh and others in this region prove this claim. Tepe Bardeh-Konte, on the southern side of Uremia lake watershed, is located in Mahabad. This site with rock-cut structures including stairs, tunnel, pits and cut-walls is situated near the Fakhrigah rock-tomb. Studying and analyzing the pottery data from this region demonstrate that the site belongs to an Iron Age III settlement; the pottery collection from the site is similar to those from Mannaean sites such as Tepe Qalaychi, Tepe Rabat, Tepe Ziwiye, Qal’e Bardineh, Zendan-i Soliyman and Kul Tarike. This article is to report the first archaeological investigation results from the first season of survey and stratigraphy of Tepe Bardeh-Konte which yielded a Mannaean settlement period.  %U https://www.persicaantiqua.ir/article_133736_db4a5f203d2bc235897f17230a38afa9.pdf