The oldest settlement remains on the site date back to ca. 10,000 years ago, and have yielded the earliest evidence for goat domestication in the world.
See:
- Philip E.L Smith., Ganj Dareh Tepe, Paleorient, Vol. 2, Issue 2-1 1974, , pp.207-209
- idem: “Architectural Innovation and Experimentation at Ganj Dareh, Iran.” World Archaeology, vol. 21, no. 3, 1990, pp. 323–335.
- W. van Zeist, P.E.L. Smith, R.M. Palfenier-Vegter, M. Suwijn, W.A. Casparie: An archaeobotanical study of Ganj Dareh Tepe, Iran, Palaeohistoria 26.2015. pp. 201-224