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Bestansur

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Apr 17, 2017 06:03 AM — History

The archaeological site at Bestansur is in the Shahrizor Plain in the foothills of the Central Zagros mountains in modern Iraq. The tell, which lies just east and south of the modern village, shows evidence for extensive Early Neolithic occupation as well as later Neo-Assyrian and Sasanian activity.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/140233914

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.3768242217, 45.6457235141

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell at Bestansur (10000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Bestansur (English, modern)

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Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Bestansur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/140233914> [accessed: 02 January 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/140233914 |title=Places: 140233914 (Bestansur) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=January 2, 2025 6:21 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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