Susa at the turn of the 4th and 3rd millennia

The two stratigraphic soundings opened by the Susa Mission (Délégation archéologique française en Iran) more than 40 years ago at Susa on the Acropole tepe (“Acropole I”) and on the Ville Royale tepe (“Ville Royale I”) aimed to establish a sound archaeological sequence spanning from the original settlement in the first half of the 4th millennium until the end of the 3rd millennium. The paper presents the results of these researches on a period of time, at the turn of the 4th and 3rd millennia during which Susa left the Mesopotamian cultural sphere to enter in the Proto‑Elamite cultural sphere.