Preliminary Report on the Salvage Excavation at the Kolaseg, Guilan-E Gharb of Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

Kolàšeg is located at about 6 kilometers southeast of the modern town of Guilane Gharb in west of Kermanshah Province. The site lied in between Mià -khesh and Tagh-toogh mountains; the Kolàšeg River was passing through the valley during the near past, Locating in the reservoir of the Kolàšeg dam and in order to do rescue excavation, the site was excavated by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) expedition for a season in 2004. The site is composed of two parts; a residential area and a cemetery on a platform locating at the foothill of the Mià-khesh Mountains. The residential part is situated downward, at the south of the graveyard close to the Kolàšeg River located in the south. We could not excavate the whole site because of large span of the site and time limitation; especially the cemetery of the site has almost remained intact. The excavation method leads to revealing the vast architectural remains. The architecture was made of stone both foundation and walls. The excavation has revealed us a large number of noticeable abject related to the Iron Age III such as Pendants, Armament, Potsherds and Glass sherds and Objects; of them, are Fibulas and a Cylindrical Seal which are very important for dating the site. The comparative study of the material has also proved that the site can definitely be related to the Iron Age II, III relying on some marks on the Assyrian appearance in the region by the given time.