Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• somaye nazari ¹
• babak rafiei - alavi ²
• Parviz Holakooei ³
• Siamak Sarlak ⁴

¹ Department of Archaeology, Art University of Isfahan, Iran

² Aghakhan cultural servic, kabul,Qala-e Fatullah,p.o.Box 5753,Afghanistan

³ Department of Objects Conservation and Archaeomtery, Art University of Isfahan, Iran

⁴ Research Institute Of Archaeology,Research Institute Of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran ,Iran

Abstract

This article investigates the pottery assemblage at Tom-e Maroon and Soltan Miran, two archaeological sites in Rudan county licated in Hormozgan province of Iran. The human settelment in these two sites encompasses a period from the Bronze Age to the Islamic era. This paper provides a comprehensive archaeological analysis on the Bronze Age pottshards of these two archaeological sites and elaborates more on the data by the compositional data acauired by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and petrography. This tudy also delves into the potential interrelationship between Tom-e Maron and Soltan Miran with the surrounding areas, especially the Halil Rud basin in order to discuss the cultural interactions and the development of early settlements across the Persian Gulf coast and its relationship with historical trade routes and ancient cultural centers. The data presented in this article show that Tom-e Maroon and Soltan Miran Bronze Age pottery is divided into seven types of pottery including polychrome and bicrhome pottery, buff-colored pottery, red pottery, Emir-type pottery, plain and patterned orange pottery, light brown pottery, and kitchen ware. Archaeological study and X-ray fluorescence compositional data suggest that most of the pottery assemblage at this two archaeological sites are likely imported goods from one of the important sites of the old Bronze Age southeast of Iran, i.e. Tappeh Yahya. This large import of pottery from Tappeh Yahya has occurred some time between the late fourth millennium BC to the early third millennium BC. Our study also suggests that a limited number of potshards from the archaeological sites under study might have been manufactured locally or imported from the areas other that Tappeh Yahya.

Keywords

• Tom Maroon
• Tom Sultan Miran
• Rudan
• Old Bronze Age
• XRF
• petrography