Tal-i-Iblis

Tal-i-Iblis (also Tal-i Iblis and Tell-i Iblis), known locally as "the devil's mound" is an archaeological site in Kerman province, Iran. It is located about 80 kilometers southwest of Kerman, and 170 kilometers north/northwest of Tepe Yahya. It was mostly destroyed by local peasants stealing soil to replenish the agriculture land depleted by their agricultural practices before it could be excavated by archaeologists. Enough was left to provide some important insights into the settlement history. The site was occupied primarily in the 4th millennium BC. It is not a natural hill, rather the accumulated remains of a millennia of occupation.