ˈɜːli ˈaɪɚn ˈeɪdʒ pɹˈoʊɾoʊˈɜːbən lˈeɪɚz wɜː fˈaʊnd, ænd dˈeɪɾᵻd tʊ ᵻlˈɛvənθˈeɪt sˈɛntʃɚɹiz bˌiːsˈiː, ˌɑːɹkiːˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts ˈɔːlsoʊ fˈaʊnd ðætðə fˈɔːɹɾᵻfˌaɪd ˈɜːbən sˈɛɾəlmənt ɪn bˈɑːɹɹɪkˌɑːt lˈoʊɚɹ ˈɛɹiə ænd ækɹˈɑːpəliz wʌz ɪstˈæblɪʃt ɚɹˈaʊnd mˈɪdfˈɜːst mɪlˈɛniəm bˌiːsˈiː.
Early Iron Age proto-urban layers were found, and dated to eleventh-eight centuries BC, archaeologists also found that the fortified urban settlement in Barikot (lower area and acropolis) was established around mid-first millennium BC.