نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
استادیار پژوهشکده باستانشناسی
چکیده
Excavations at Gird-i Ashoan, an archaeological mound in Piranshahr County in the Lower Zab Basin, provided remarkable insights into cultural traditions characterizing the region in the Late Chalcolithic. Whilst reflecting some indigenous peculiarities, its material culture exhibits broad affinities with Northwest Iran, Caucasia, and Anatolia. This evinces the spread of the Late Chalcolithic (LC) cultures, especially LC2‒3, over vast territories, which could imply either population movements or spread of a certain pastoralist subsistence system. The central stimulus was the favorable climatic conditions, viz. a significant reduction in cold that fostered a climate almost similar to the present conditions. Building on the finds from Gird-i Ashoan, the present paper addresses the reasons for the chaff-faced pottery’s extension over a wide geographic area from the Caucasus to Mesopotamia, northern Syria and northwestern Iran. Excavations at the site brought to light a Late Chalcolithic settlement of an unprecedentedly substantial range, consisting of an about 8 m thick deposits. Since Gird-i Ashoan is a key site in the Zab Basin and the chaff-faced pottery occurs throughout the site’s sequence, a major question addressed here is the reasons behind its spread over such a vast range extending from Caucasia to Mesopotamia, northern Syria and northwest Iran. The pottery assemblages from the site include chaff-faced ware and painted Pisdeli ware, suggesting that the site’s strongest interactions were with Caucasia, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia.
کلیدواژهها
- North west of Iran
- Lower Zab Basin archaeology
- Late Chalcolithic
- Chaff-faced Ware
- painted Pisdeli ware
موضوعات
عنوان مقاله [English]
Gird-i Ashoan: The Geographic Span of Chaff-faced /Pisdeli Ware in the Late Chalcolithic in light of the Second Season of Archaeological Investigations of the Zab Basin, Northwest Iran
نویسنده [English]
- Mahnaz Sharifi
Academic member of iranian center for archaeology research
چکیده [English]
Excavations at Gird-i Ashoan, an archaeological mound in Piranshahr County in the Lower Zab Basin, provided remarkable insights into cultural traditions characterizing the region in the Late Chalcolithic. Whilst reflecting some indigenous peculiarities, its material culture exhibits broad affinities with Northwest Iran, Caucasia, and Anatolia. This evinces the spread of the Late Chalcolithic (LC) cultures, especially LC2‒3, over vast territories, which could imply either population movements or spread of a certain pastoralist subsistence system. The central stimulus was the favorable climatic conditions, viz. a significant reduction in cold that fostered a climate almost similar to the present conditions. Building on the finds from Gird-i Ashoan, the present paper addresses the reasons for the chaff-faced pottery’s extension over a wide geographic area from the Caucasus to Mesopotamia, northern Syria and northwestern Iran. Excavations at the site brought to light a Late Chalcolithic settlement of an unprecedentedly substantial range, consisting of an about 8 m thick deposits. Since Gird-i Ashoan is a key site in the Zab Basin and the chaff-faced pottery occurs throughout the site’s sequence, a major question addressed here is the reasons behind its spread over such a vast range extending from Caucasia to Mesopotamia, northern Syria and northwest Iran. The pottery assemblages from the site include chaff-faced ware and painted Pisdeli ware, suggesting that the site’s strongest interactions were with Caucasia, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia.
کلیدواژهها [English]
- North west of Iran
- Lower Zab Basin archaeology
- Late Chalcolithic
- Chaff-faced Ware
- painted Pisdeli ware
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