TEHRAN-- New borders have been defined for parts of the Neolithic village of Leylan in East Azarbaijan province, northwest Iran, CHTN reported on Wednesday.A team of cultural heritage professionals and archaeologists has demarcated Leylans Tepe Chaman, which is approximated to date back to the 5th millennium BC, stated archaeologist Akbar Abedi, who presided over the project.The project aimed at preserving and protecting the pre-historical website, he added.In addition to evaluating the exact chronology and Neolithic cultural materials of this region, the project analyzed the websites place within the Neolithic research studies of Northwest Iran and West Asia, he noted.As well, it surveyed local and extra-regional trade and relations of this region with neighboring regions such as Eastern Anatolia, Northern Mesopotamia, South Caucasus, and Lake Urmias west and south, he mentioned.Pottery and cultural products discovered in the area showed that settlement began around the 7th millennium BC at the beginning of the Neolithic period and lasted for about a millennium till the 6th millennium BC, he explained.Soaked in history and culture for centuries, Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan, embraces numerous historic and spiritual websites, consisting of the Jameh Mosque of Tabriz and Arg of Tabriz, and UNESCO-registered Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex among others.

The city ended up being the capital of the Mongol Il-Khan Mahmud Gazan (1295-- 1304) and his follower.

Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, took it in 1392.

Some years later, the Kara Koyunlu Turkmen made it their capital.

It was when the well-known Blue Mosque was built in Tabriz.The Neolithic, also called the New Stone Age, is the last of cultural development or technological development among prehistoric humans.

It was defined by stone tools formed by polishing or grinding, dependence on domesticated plants or animals, settlement in long-term towns and the look of such crafts as pottery and weaving.

The Neolithic followed the Paleolithic Period, or the age of chipped-stone tools, and preceded the Bronze Age or the early period of metal tools.ABU/ AM