Tureng Tepe

Tureng Tepe
Location in Iran
Coordinates36°56′17.95″N 54°35′11.47″E / 36.9383194°N 54.5865194°E / 36.9383194; 54.5865194
History
PeriodsChalcolithic and Bronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates1931, 1963-1979
ArchaeologistsFrederick Wulsin, Jean Deshayes

Tureng Tepe (Persian: تورنگ تپه, "Hill of the Pheasants"; alternatively spelled in English as Turang Tappe/Tape/Tappa/Tappeh) is a Neolithic and Chalcolithic archaeological site in northeastern Iran, in the Gorgan plain, approximately 17 kilometers northeast of the town of Gorgan. Nearby is a village of Turang Tappeh. The site was a major fort on the Sassanian period "Alexander’s wall" (see: Great Wall of Gorgan).