Tureng Tepe (Persian: تورنگ تپه, "Hill of the Pheasants";[1] alternatively spelled in English as Turang Tappe/Tape/Tappa/Tappeh) is a Neolithic and Chalcolithic archaeological site in northeastern Iran, in the Gorgan plain, approximately 17 kilometers northeast of the town of Gorgan.
[2] Tureng Tepe consists of a group of mounds, covering an area of about 35 hectares, interspersed with ponds and water courses.
[5][1] The first modern excavations were done by Frederick Wulsin in June and October 1931, sponsored by the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts.
Work on the main mound began in 1967 and continued until 1977 excavating a total of 3150 square meters.
[7][8][9][10] Publication of the excavation began but was interrupted by the Iran Revolution and death of the principles but is now in process.
These baked clay figurines find their parallels with sites further away, in Turkmenistan and the Indus valley.