Chogha Mish

Chogha Mish
Chogha Mish is located in Iran
Chogha Mish
Shown within Iran
LocationKhuzestan province, Iran
Coordinates32°12′33″N 48°32′46″E / 32.20917°N 48.54611°E / 32.20917; 48.54611
TypeSettlement
Site notes
Excavation dates1961-1978
ArchaeologistsPinhas Delougaz, Helene J. Kantor
ConditionIn ruins

Choghā Mīsh (also Chogā Mīsh)(Persian language; چغامیش čoġā mīš) dating back to about 6800 BC, is the site of a Chalcolithic settlement located in the Khuzistan Province Iran on the eastern Susiana Plain. It was occupied at the beginning of 6800 BC and continuously from the Neolithic up to the Proto-Literate period (Uruk period), thus spanning the time periods from Archaic (7th millennium BC) through Proto-Elamite period (about 3100 BC to 2700 BC). After the decline of the site about 4400 BC, the nearby Susa, on the western Susiana Plain, became culturally dominant in this area. Chogha Mish is located just to the east of Dez River, and about 25 kilometers to the east from the ancient Susa. The similar, though much smaller site of Chogha Bonut lies six kilometers to the west.