While the evidence from late prehistoric monumental contexts from southwestern Iran have been relatively indirect, recent excavation at Tol-e Chega Sofla in the northern Persian Gulf, sheds some light on this issue by providing a collection of symbolic features presumeably representing one of the earliest sanctuaries so far documented from a fifth millennium BCE context in southwestern Iran. Such complex ritual behavior is indicated by a number of backed brick structures, stone steles, animal scarification pits as well as distinctive pottery vessels unearthed in the northern mound of Tol-e Chega Sofla (Area C).

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公元前五千年的庇护所，位于波斯湾北部的Tol-e Chega Sofla

虽然来自伊朗西南部晚期史前纪念碑的证据相对间接，但最近在波斯湾北部 Tol-e Chega Sofla 的发掘提供了一系列可能代表最早的避难所之一的象征性特征，为这个问题提供了一些启示。迄今为止，在伊朗西南部的公元前五千年的背景下有记载。在 Tol-e Chega Sofla 北部土丘（C 区）出土的许多背衬砖结构、石碑、动物划痕坑以及独特的陶器都表明了这种复杂的仪式行为。