Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 -Independent researcher
2 candidate in archaeology, University of Mazandaran, Independent researcher
3 Assistant professor of university of Zabol
Abstract
Bampur Valley in southeastern Iran, located in the central part of Iranian Baluchestan, has been a key area for understanding various cultural processes since the Chalcolithic period. To better comprehend these processes in the prehistoric era, the present article focuses on site size hierarchy, based on data related to the Yahya VA/Aliabad Period, around 4500-3900 B.C., collected from 41 sites during a survey conducted in 2009. The surveyed area spans more than 300 square kilometers along the Bampur River. The area of each site was estimated using GPS mapping, and SPSS analysis helped us classify the site sizes. Consequently, a three-level classification proved more acceptable than others, which includes: 1) sites less than 3 hectares, comprising 31 sites; 2) sites between 3-7 hectares, consisting of 7 sites; and 3) sites larger than 7 hectares, which includes only one site named Chah Hosseini, covering more than 15 hectares.
For a better understanding of the various aspects of complexity and site size hierarchy, the relationship between site size and the distance of each site from the others was analyzed using SPSS. Consequently, the correlation between them was calculated by Pearson R and regression tests. Ultimately, this analysis demonstrates that examining distances and sizes is meaningful.
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