Excavations uncover prehistoric human bones

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Excavations underway in south of Tehran Bazaar uncovered the skeleton of a prehistoric human along with other objects. The excavation is a part of an archeological program directed by Mohammad Esmail Esmaili Jelodar, the Head of Archeology Group in Archeological Research Program, a program sponsored by Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and Cultural Heritage Research Center, excavating a site in south of Tehran’s traditional bazaar; “the tube placement by Tehran Water and Wastewater Company uncovered many ancient objects, which provided the impetus to document the prehistoric evidences,” said the project director. “Our excavations uncovered a second human skeleton in addition to the 7,000-year-old female skeleton, which belonged to roughly the same prehistoric period.” Esmaili told to Research Center’s official website (Richt.ir) that the initially uncovered objects belonged to Islamic period (Safavid and Qajar era) as well as to prehistoric period. “Discovering of stone devices including grindstones, chips, and muller, along with remains of thermal structures and beds and the burial of the second human provides testimony to a now extinct and buried ancient site near the bazaar,” Esmaili detailed. “The excavations also uncovered aqueduct systems tracing back to Islamic period in the depth of 6.5 meters from the street surface,” he added. “Tehran Water and Wastewater Company funded part of the project; currently, we are negotiating to receive remaining necessary funds and to draft the work plan and relevant barriers,” said the senior archeologist. The excavations also got momentum when an Archeology student, Mahsa Wahhabi, was examining pieces of pottery and some welding furnace amid the earthen material of excavations roughly in the project current site last year, which uncovered a female human skeleton who could have lived 7,000 year ago.