Ancient Secrets Unearthed: 5,000-Year-Old Fishing Site on Iran’s Coast Challenges History
“Unfortunately, the Kopal site is at risk of destruction due to the construction of a new road,” he explained. “For this reason, salvage excavations were launched under the framework of research projects by the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute to salvage part of this endangered heritage.”
But though modern development poses a threat to the prehistoric site, Hessari is hopeful that it can be preserved — perhaps through the construction of a cultural and heritage studies center.
Public DomainThe location of the Makran coast in southeastern Iran.
“We hope that the continuation of such research will pave the way for the establishment of a Makran Cultural Heritage Studies Center,” Hessari remarked. “This center could serve as a hub for investigating and preserving this region’s unique heritage.”
Indeed, the Makran coast has a long history. A semi-arid strip along the shore of the Sea of Oman, the coast was long a cradle of civilization as well as an important cultural waypoint and an axis of trade routes.
As such, the collection of tools found at the Kopal site offers a look back at how this region developed — how people hunted, lived, and ate, and how they adjusted to life on the coast. The fishing and stone tools show how they thought and how they crafted objects suited to their environment.
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