Layers of the prehistoric period, the Copper and Stone Period, the Old, Middle and New Bronze Age (Yaniq and Godin III Culture), Iron III (Probably the Medes), the Parthian and different Islamic period were discovered in the salvation exploration on the Tappeh Anuj (Anuj Hill) in Malayer, Hamedan Province.
The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) of Iran quoted Ismail Hemmati Azandaryani, head of the salvation operations on Tappeh Anuj in Malayer, as saying on Sunday that the ancient Anuj Hill (also known as Qala Bolandeh), with a height of 21 meters from the surface, is located in a village of the same name in the city of Malayer.
He pointed to the leveling and excavation of a significant part of the hill in the course of construction of residential houses and said currently, residential houses have surrounded the hill.
Construction of houses on the southern side has been conducted to the surface of the hill, while the site was registered in the list of National Monuments of Iran in 1353 (1974-1975), he added.
Hemmati went on to sayt that with regard to the fact that on the northern side of the hill some parts which had been separated from the main center of the hill had created dangers for the inhabitants of the Anuj Village, therefore, explorations in that area began with the aim of eliminating the probable danger of the remains.
He noted that in order to gain access to the maximum information in the most dangerous and inconvenient part, in the section for stratigraphy scaffolding was applied and then the field research was launched.
He said in the stratigraphy operations valuable results were achieved such as layers dating back to the prehistoric era, Copper and Stone period, the Old, Middle and the New Bronze Age (Yaniq culture and Godin III), iron III (probably Medes), the Parthian and different Islamic periods.
Hemmati stated that with regard to the location of Anuj area in the southern part of Hamedan Province and in the vicinity of the linking corridor towards Boroujerd and Silakhor plain, as well as the connection with the plain leading to the mountain ranges of Green (Nahavand and Kangavar) in view of the archeological studies the site is regarded as being very important.
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