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Archaeological site in West Azarbaijan Province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
  Shown within Iran | |
| Location | Iran |
|---|---|
| Region | West Azerbaijan province |
| Coordinates | 37.518°N 45.145°E |
| Type | tell |
| History | |
| Abandoned | 1200 BC |
| Periods | Early Bronze Age |
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.
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