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Zayandeh River Culture (تمدن زاینده رود, literally "Zāyandé-Rūd Civilization") is a hypotheticalpre-historic culture that is theorized to have flourished around theZayandeh River inIran in the6th millennium BC.[1]
Archaeologists speculate that a possible earlycivilization existed along the banks of the Zayandeh River, developing at the same time as other ancient civilizations appeared alongside rivers in the region, such as theSumerian civilization inIraq and theIndus Valley civilization inancient India.
The Zayandeh River Culture is considered as a very important Neolithic Iranian settlement, along withGanj Dareh.[2]
During the 2006 excavations, theIranianarchaeologists uncovered someartifacts that they linked to those fromSialk andMarvdasht.[3]
Previous archeological excavations in the Zayandeh River basin unearthed a 50,000-year-old cave containingHuman andAnimal remains.
"Following archaeological studies, we are going to excavate two historical hills, one of which is alongside Zayaneh River midway, and the other in the Gav khooni swamp." said Mohsen Javeri, head of archaeological studies of the Cultural Heritage ofIsfahan.
According to Javeri, both of the selected hills of the site belong to thepre-historic period, but their exact date is not yet known. During the 2004 excavations within the perimeters ofIsfahan city, it was determined that the city dates back to earlier than the 6th millennium BC.
