Tall-e Bakun is a prehistorical twin site situated in the fertile Marvdasht plain of Fars province, near the UNESCO-designated Persepolis, the Achaemenid ceremonial capital.
Tall-e Bakun was continuously inhabited from c. 4200 to c. 3000 BC, expected to be the oldest yet discovered in that area of Iran.
Excavations in 1928 by the University of Berlin and 1932 by the University of Chicago uncovered several building levels numerous flint implements, stamp and button seals, and many animal and human figurines. as mentioned by Britannica. The painted pottery found at Tall-e Bakun displays a seemingly inexhaustible variety of geometric patterns and animal motifs and is especially important for the study of early Iranian art. Bakun has played a prominent role in the understanding of the prehistory of Fars. partly because it was the first large-scale excavation of a prehistoric mound there, and primarily for the richness of its finds, according to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.