Izeh
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52) The plain of Izeh lies to the east of Susiana, and is most easily accessed via passes that begin in Ram Hormuz. It is a large flat intermontane valley that has two large seasonal lakes.
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53) Izeh is surrounded by particularly high ridges and was one of the major plains on the route between Susiana and the plateau areas near Isfahan.
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54) An archaeological survey of the plain was conducted by a collaborative team from the ICAR/ICHTO and the University of Michigan in 1976 (Wright et al. 1979), which discovered sites from the Palaeolithic up to the Islamic periods.
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55) The 2002 survey by Mr. Kourosh Roustaei of the ICAR/ICHTO and Professor Daniel Potts, Dr. Lloyd Weeks and myself representing the University of Sydney revisited a number of these sites, several of which were now within the environs of the modern town.
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