The early beginnings of the settlement at Talavash Tepe dates back to the Late Bronze Age and continued through the Early Iron Age and into the Assyrian Imperial Period when occupation at Talavash Tepe abrupty ended. During the Hellenistic period it served as a cemetery.
See:
- Bradley Parker, Andrew Creekmore, Charles Easton: Excavations and Survey at Boztepe and Intensive Survey at Talavash Tepe, 1999: A Preliminary Report - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.486.9282&rep=rep1&type=pdf