TY - JOUR ID - 65673 TI - Early Accounting System during the Chalcolithic Period of Tal-e Mash Karim JO - Journal of Archaeological Studies JA - JARCS LA - en SN - 2251-9297 AU - Taheri, Mohammad Hosein AU - Sardari Zarchi, Alireza AD - University of Tehran AD - Assistant Professor, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR), Tehran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 123 EP - 136 KW - Accounting system KW - Chalcolithic period KW - Numerical token KW - Tal-e Mash Karim KW - Semirom DO - 10.22059/jarcs.2018.203598.142276 N2 - Investigating the accounting systems and their progressive development during the prehistoric period is a critical issue in recognition of human societies, their communication, and formation of inter- and intra-regional trade system which have been transformed to innovation of writing systems. The present study aims at studying the typology and classification of the Chalcolithic period (Bakun) numerical objects discovered in Tal-e Mash Karim in Semirom district located in Esfahan province. The discovered cultural materials consisted of 32 numerical tokens and a clay tallying slab. The numerical tokens are divided into three main categories and seven sub categories. The discovery of a tallying slab beside the artifacts all is proving the existence on an early accounting system. UR - https://jarcs.ut.ac.ir/article_65673.html L1 - https://jarcs.ut.ac.ir/article_65673_7c91e5d721121a174997fc38280fa864.pdf ER -