A Typological Investigation of Ground Stone from Tol-e Chega Sofla, a Middle Susiana Period

Dahdouh, Abdulwahab; Moghaddam, Abbas; Eskandari, Nasir

doi:10.22059/jarcs.2023.355732.143185

Document Type : Research Paper

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¹ Ph.D. Candidate Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,

² Assistant Professor Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.355732.143185

Abstract

The Middle Susiana period in southwestern Iran has several characteristics, the most important of which are the development of agriculture and animal husbandry alongside growing numbers of settlements and increasing population densities. As agricultural practices expanded, the increased use of ground stone to plow fields, harvest and process crops was inevitable. Many examples of these implements have already been identified at Neolithic sites in the Deh Luran Plain and across Khuzestan. The Zohreh plain in southeastern Khuzestan province has a high agricultural capacity. Hundreds of ground stones have been discovered in the site of Tol-Chega Sofla, which is located in the riverine landscape of the Zohreh Plain, which gave us the opportunity to study them in terms of their typology and function in the subsistence economy of the fifth millennium BCE. By classifying and comparing the stone tools of Chega Sofla with other examples discovered in Deh Luran and Susiana plains, it has become clear that these ground stone tools are similarly used in communities for agriculture, weaving and hunting

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