A mound in western Iran just yielded 7,000+ prehistoric seal impressions — the largest ancient administrative archive ever found. Two seasons of excavation, 132.5 sq meters, an entire Bronze Age bureaucracy. #Archaeology #AncientIran #BronzeAge @antiquity.ac.uk https://www.anthropology.net/p/7000-seal-impressions-from-a-forgotten
7,000 Seal Impressions from a Forgotten Bureaucracy in the Central Zagros

What a mound in western Iran is telling us about the edges of the ancient world's first administrative networks

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