Geoy Tepe

Not to be confused with Goytepe archaeological complex in Azerbaijan.

Geoy Tepe (also Gök Tepe) is an archaeological site in northwestern Iran, about 7 kilometers south of Urmia (Reżāʾīya), Gug Tappeh. It was found by an aerial survey of ancient sites in Persia done by Erich Schmidt in the 1930s.

Geoy Tepe

Shown within Iran
Location	Iran
Region	West Azerbaijan province
Coordinates	37.518°N 45.145°E / 37.518; 45.145
Type	tell
History
Abandoned	1200 BC
Periods	Early Bronze Age

Cylinder with a ritual scene, early 2nd millennium B.C., Geoy Tepe, Iran.

The site's mound is 80 feet (24 m) tall and is situated by a natural spring. T. Burton Brown of Great Britain excavated the site in August 1948. It was found to have been continuously occupied from the 4th millennium BCE until 1200 BCE.^[1]

Remains of the earliest stage of the Kura–Araxes culture have been found here.

See also

• Kul Tepe Jolfa
• Teppe Hasanlu
• Hajji Firuz Tepe

References

1. BURTON-BROWN, T. \95l. Excavations in Azerbaijan, 1948. John Murray, London