Regional patterns of Early Bronze Age urbanization in the southeastern Iran

Recent archaeological surveys on the western fringes of Iran's Dasht-e Lut Desert have uncovered two significant Early Bronze Age urban centers, Keshit and Mokhtarabad, alongside providing new insights into the spatial distribution of Bronze Age sites in the Shahdad Plain. These discoveries, when contextualized with existing data from Shahr-i Sokhta, Shahdad, and the Halil River valley, reveal that urbanization in southeastern Iran began as early as the second quarter of the 3rd millennium BC and declined by the end of the millennium. The study employs spatial analysis to map this urban landscape, offering a fresh perspective on the regional patterns of Early Bronze Age urbanization.

Eskandari, N. (2019). Regional patterns of Early Bronze Age urbanization in the southeastern Iran. The Iranian Plateau during the Bronze Age, 201–216. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.momeditions.8111