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IRAN GAZETTEER (https://irangazetteer.humspace.ucla.edu/catalogue/tepe-yagheh-sangar-%d8%aa%d9%be%d9%87-%db%8c%d9%82%d9%87-%d8%b3%d9%86%da%af%d8%b1/)
Potts, D. T. and K. Roustaei, The Mamasani Archaeological Project stage one: a report on the first two seasons of the ICAR-University of Sydney expedition to the Mamasani district, Fars province, Iran, 1st edition, Tehran, 2006, p. 163.
Nahegelegene Fundstellen
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Eshkaft-e Yagheh Sangar (1&2) (MS30)
Two caves / rock shelters above the pass. Large scatter of chipped stone outside the entrances. Prehistoric (Neolithic to Chalcolithic) and Islamic occupation. Used nowdays as goat pens. Surveyed by Zeidi et al. (2002).
Iran, Yaqeh-ye Sangar
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Kotal-i Sangar
"The Pass of the Stone Wall". Mountain pass (840m), in use as part of the main royal Achaemenid road between Persepolis and Susa, and between Shiraz and Arrājan in Medieval times. Discussed by Herzfeld, Stein, and MA Project.
Iran, Yaqeh-ye Sangar
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Yagheh Sangar wall (MS29) - "Uxian Gate"
Ancient 550m decayed wall built across Sangar pass. Described by Herzfeld (1968), Stein (1940), and surveyed by Zeidi (2002). Middle section erased. Probable barrier for traffic control & tax levy. Proposed site of the Uxian Gate in Achaemenid times.
Iran, Yaqeh-ye Sangar
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Eshkaft-e Yagheh Sangar (3) (MS30)
A caves / rock shelter above the pass. Large scatter of chipped stone outside the entrance. Prehistoric (Neolithic to Chalcolithic) and Islamic occupation. Used nowdays as goats pen. Surveyed by Zeidi et al. (2002).
Iran, Yaqeh-ye Sangar