page_title: Tepe Giyan
hierarchical_section_title: Tepe Giyan
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Essentiellement connue pour une nécropole de 19 tombes, la phase de Giyan IV livre de la céramique en abondance. Les jarres sont généralement décorées de bandeaux en relief en bandeaux en relief horizontaux et ondulés. Seul le col de la jarre est peint, le reste est vierge. Les motifs les plus significatifs de cette phase, sont des paires d'oiseaux aux ailes déployées en forme de peigne et des rangées de motifs en dents de scie. English: Mainly known for a necropolis of 19 graves, the phase of Giyan IV delivers ceramic in abundance. The jars are generally decorated with raised bands in horizontal and wavy raised bands. Only the neck of the jar is painted, the rest is blank. The most significant motifs in this phase are pairs of birds with wings spread in the shape of a comb and rows of sawtooth patterns.
context_page_description: Tepe Giyan, also Tepe Gyan, is an archaeological site in the highland central Zagros mountain, in the area later known as Persia. It is mainly known for a necropolis of 19 graves. It is bears similarities with the site of Tepe Sialk, in the same general area, and its oldest ceramics are also related to the Ubaid period in Mesopotamia.
  The phase of Giyan V shows ceramic styles with some connections with the region of Susa.
  The phase of Giyan IV delivers ceramic in abundance. The jars are generally decorated with raised bands in horizontal and wavy raised bands. Only the neck of the jar is painted, the rest is blank. The most significant motifs in this phase are pairs of birds with wings spread in the shape of a comb and rows of sawtooth patterns.
  The phase of Tepe Giyan III dates to the period 2ooo/19oo - 16oo BCE, with specific types of ceramics.
  The phase of Tepe Giyan I shows that iron was still rather scarce in this site and in the areas a Persia in general at that time, with only a few daggers, spear-heads and arrow-heads, rings and bracelets being found.
context_section_description: Tepe Giyan, also Tepe Gyan, is an archaeological site in the highland central Zagros mountain, in the area later known as Persia. It is mainly known for a necropolis of 19 graves. It is bears similarities with the site of Tepe Sialk, in the same general area, and its oldest ceramics are also related to the Ubaid period in Mesopotamia.
  The phase of Giyan V (6th-4th millennium BCE) shows ceramic styles with some connections with the region of Susa.
  The phase of Giyan IV (End of 3rd millennium, beginning of 2nd millennium BCE) delivers ceramic in abundance. The jars are generally decorated with raised bands in horizontal and wavy raised bands. Only the neck of the jar is painted, the rest is blank. The most significant motifs in this phase are pairs of birds with wings spread in the shape of a comb and rows of sawtooth patterns.
  The phase of Tepe Giyan III dates to the period 2ooo/19oo - 16oo BCE, with specific types of ceramics.
  The phase of Tepe Giyan I (1400 — 1100 BCE) shows that iron was still rather scarce in this site and in the areas a Persia in general at that time, with only a few daggers, spear-heads and arrow-heads, rings and bracelets being found.
caption: Tepe Giyan IV storage jar - End of 3rd millennium, beginning of 2nd millennium BCE. Tepe Giyan IV.
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