Head of Sarbisheh archaeology division Mohammad Farjami confirmed this, adding that the initial findings comprised several pieces of pottery, some metal slags and pieces from a grindstone.
He pointed to the two projects of setting boundaries and carrying out explorations in the area, adding “the site is a temporary settlement belonging to the Middle Ages, although some archaeological data point to 4th century AH (913 AD-1009 AD) up to 8th century AH (1299 AD-1397 AD).”
The site, however, has fallen into ruins. According to Farjami, streams formed by rainfalls, as well as farming and construction activities are to blame.
Farjami maintained that the discovered pieces of pottery are of two kinds adding, “some of them are in Nishapur pottery style and date back to the third and fourth century AH; the others are black and white ware which confirm their dates back to the 7th-10th AH.”
In Iran pottery manufacture has a long and brilliant history from the beginning of Iranian history until the present day.
The two earliest known and excavated prehistoric sites that produced pottery are Ganj Darreh Tappeh in the Kermanshah region, and Kamarband cave in the south of the Caspian Sea near present day Behshahr, both dating back to the 8th millennium BC.
The National Museum of Iran is home to a huge collection of pottery, including the exquisite Amlash pottery from the prehistoric Caspian Sea regions of Iran.
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