| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Themes from the ancient Near East BANEA publication series ; vol. 3 |
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Themes from the ancient Near East BANEA publication series ; v. 3.
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| Contents |
1. The neolithisation of Iran : patterns of change and continuity -- 2. Investigating the neolithisation of society in the Central Zagros of Western Iran -- 3. Neolithic settlement patterns of the Sarfirouz Abad Plain, Central West Zagros -- 4. Tappeh Sarabe Yavari : a neolithic site with tadpole ware on the Kermanshah Plain, West Central Zagros -- 5. The neolithisation process in the Seimarreh Valley : excavations at East Chia Sabz, Central Zagros -- 6. Revisiting neolithisation in the Zagros Foothills : excavations at Chogha Golan, an aceramic neolithic site in Ilam Province, Western Iran -- 7. Proto-neolithic caves and neolithisation in the Southern Zagros -- 8. The neolithisation of Fars, Iran -- 9. Tepe Rahmatabad : a prepottery and pottery neolithic site in Fars Province -- 10. Mapping the neolithic occupation of the Kashan, Tehran and Qazvin Plains -- 11. Tepe Khaleseh, a late neolithic site in Zanjan Province -- 12. Animals and people in the neolithisation of Iran -- 13. Sediments, soils and livelihood in a late neolithic village on the Iranian Plateau : Tepe Sialk -- 14. Tappeh Sange Chakhmaq : investigations of a neolithic site in Northeastern Iran -- 15. Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq : a new look -- 16. Northeastern Iran in the neolithic : the site of Pookerdvall -- 17. The late neolithic site of Rashak III Rock Shelter, Mazandaran, Iran -- 18. Telle Atashi (Bam, Southeastern Iran) and the neolithic of the Eastern Near East |
| Summary |
The period c. 10,000-5000 BC witnessed fundamental changes in the human condition with societies across the Fertile Crescent shifting their alignment from millennia-old practices of seasonally mobile hunting and foraging to year-round sedentism, plant cultivation and animal herding. The significant role of Iran in the early stages of this transition was recognised more than half a century ago but has not been to the fore of academic consciousness in recent decades. In the meantime, investigations into Neolithic transformation have proceeded apace in all other regions of the Fertile Crescent and beyond. Here, 18 studies attempt to redress that balance in re-assessing the role of Iran in the early neolithisation of human societies. These studies, many of them by Iranian scholars, consider patterns of change and/or continuity across a variety of topographical landscapes; investigate Neolithic settlement patterns, the use of caves, animal exploitation and environmental indicators and present new insights into some well-known and some newly investigated sites. The results re-affirm the formative role of this region in the transition to sedentary farming |
| Notes |
"British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA)." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Neolithic period -- Iran.
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Social archaeology -- Iran
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iran.
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HISTORY -- Civilization.
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HISTORY / Ancient / General
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Neolithic period
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Social archaeology
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- History -- To 640.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067896
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Iran -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067883
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Matthews, Roger, Dr., editor.
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Fāz̤ilī Nashlī, Ḥasan, 1963- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781782971917 |
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1782971912 |
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9781782971931 |
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1782971939 |
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9781842177471 |
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1842177478 |
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