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Tape Sofalin

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(pigott, 1999). Notable exceptions is Tape Sofalin in the central part. Tape Sofalin lies in the eastern Rey Plain of the north-Central Iranian Plateau, at Lat. 51” 44’ 06 N., Long. 35” 18’ 58 E., at about 966 meters above sea level. This location is some 10 kilometers east of the city of Varamin. The site takes its name from the density of pottery sherds on its surface (in Persian, sofalin means pottery sherds). The site itself is about 15 kilometers south of the Khorassan Road, the major East-West trade route, between southern Mesopotamia, the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia. The remains of Tape Sofalin, extend over an area of about 500 meters long and 400 meters wide. The mound rises to a height of about 10 meters, and consists of material

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