Specialized pottery production in Dalma tradition; a statistical approach in pottery analysis from Soha Chay Tepe, Zanjan, Iran

Sorkhani, Roghayeh Rahimi; Eslami, Moein

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.11.007

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“…To the east, the hilly terrains to the east of Kangavar Valley, Hamedan, and Zanjan produced no full ceramic assemblages of this period (e.g., Swiny 1975), but few Dalma Impressed- or Monochrome-related sherds in otherwise different ceramic assemblages, such as Qela Gap (Abdolahi el at. 2014), Taze Kand (Balmaki 2017), Sarsakhti (Abedi et al 2014a), and Soha Chai (Rahimi Sorkhani and Eslami 2018). To the north, the situation of Dalma settlements is not clear enough.…”

Section: The Central Zagros Chalcolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The two sites of Soha Chai and Kul Tappeh have been claimed to contain Dalma levels. The putative Dalma deposits of Soha Chai have been 14 C dated to 4269–3968 BC (Rahimi Sorkhani and Eslami 2018:220). The point is that, based on the published materials (Rahimi Sorkhani et al 2016; Rahimi Sorkhani and Eslami 2018; Aali 2007), no typical Dalma ceramic, such as Dalma Impressed or Dalma Monochrome, is seen in the ceramic assemblage.…”

Section: The Central Zagros Chalcolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The putative Dalma deposits of Soha Chai have been 14 C dated to 4269–3968 BC (Rahimi Sorkhani and Eslami 2018:220). The point is that, based on the published materials (Rahimi Sorkhani et al 2016; Rahimi Sorkhani and Eslami 2018; Aali 2007), no typical Dalma ceramic, such as Dalma Impressed or Dalma Monochrome, is seen in the ceramic assemblage. Based on the author’s examination of both published and unpublished materials of the site, the Soha Chai ceramic assemblage has an eclectic nature, showing similarities with Godin VII materials of the Central Zagros on one hand, and with Qabrestan I in the Central Plateau on the other hand.…”

Section: The Central Zagros Chalcolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New Radiocarbon Dates for the Middle Chalcolithic Period of the Central Zagros, Iran

Bahranipoor¹

2023

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As one of the most extensive prehistoric entities of western Iran, Dalma culture belonging to the Zagros Chalcolithic, flourished in vast areas of the Central Zagros and Northwest Region of the country. This culture is defined essentially by its characteristic ceramic assemblages that show a marked uniformity in terms of technology, vessel forms, and painted designs throughout its territory. One of the main issues regarding this culture is its chronology, which was largely based on comparative studies, a few radiocarbon (14C) dates analyzed in the 1960s–1970s, or a few confusing thermoluminescence dates. In this paper, a series of 15 charcoal samples from a recent salvage excavation at Nad Ali Beig, a single-period site dated to Dalma period, is presented that provide the first reliable absolute dates for a part of the Middle Chalcolithic period of the Central Zagros region. Based on these new dates we may suggest that Dalma culture flourished between ca. 5200/5100–4600 BCE. Furthermore, based on these dates it is now possible to determine the order of appearance of different types of the Dalma culture ceramic assemblage, including the Ubaid-related painted buff ceramics.

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Section: The Central Zagros Chalcolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Central Zagros Chalcolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Central Zagros Chalcolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New Radiocarbon Dates for the Middle Chalcolithic Period of the Central Zagros, Iran

Bahranipoor¹

2023

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“…Among the various analytical methods, handheld portable XRF has gained increasing attention and has shown different aspects in the archaeological studies (Shackley 2014). Especially regarding to a remarkable development in Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD), many archaeological studies could successfully help to define issues of composition or answer questions on the provenance of pottery (Ceccarelli et al 2016;Goren, Mommsen, and Klinger 2011;Helfert 2010;Rahimi Sorkhani and Eslami 2018). Being non-destructive, time and cost-effective, and achieving relatively good results makes pXRF analyses an easy to use technique for fieldwork in archaeology (Liritzis and Zacharias 2011, 112).…”

Section: Portable X-ray Florescencementioning

confidence: 99%

Geochemical analyses result of prehistoric pottery from the site of Tol-e Kamin (Fars, Iran) by pXRF

Eslami

Wicke

Nowrooz

2020

STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research

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A series of pottery samples from the Iranian site Tol-e Kamin, ranging from pre-historical period to the New Elamite, were analyzed in order to study the geochemical variability of the pottery assemblage. A total amount of 168 measurements were obtained using a portable XRF device and were statistically handled. The results could successfully distinguish the geochemical composition of potteries from the chalcolithic to the New Elamite periods in the Kur River Basin. A major shift in the use of different clay sources could be detected since the Proto Elamite period and afterward, in which the carbonated and marl content clays represented by Ca, Ba and Sr shifted to clay sources with a tendency to non-carbonate silty clay Al, Ti, and Fe from a different geological background. The results stress the importance of further provenance studies to address issues of trade and exchange possibilities in southwestern Iran.

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Late Chalcolithic Ceramic Development in Southern Iraqi Kurdistan: The Stratigraphic Sounding at Kani Shaie

Renette¹,

Jayyab²,

Gibbon³

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Iraq

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Kani Shaie is a small archaeological site in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, centrally located in the Bazian Basin, a narrow valley at the western edge of the Zagros Mountains along the major route between Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah. Its main mound was inhabited almost continuously from the fifth to the middle of the third millennium, c. 5000–2500 B.C.E. This period of Mesopotamian prehistory, corresponding to the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, witnessed major transformations such as initial urbanism and intensification of interregional interaction networks. The recent resurgence of fieldwork in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is beginning to reveal local trajectories that do not always match the established chronological framework, which is largely based on changes in ceramic technology and styles observed in northern Mesopotamia. Here, we discuss the ceramic sequence retrieved from a step trench at Kani Shaie spanning the entire Late Chalcolithic (c. 4600–3100 B.C.E.). A bottom-up approach to potting traditions at the site allows an initial assessment of the relationship between local communities in the Zagros foothills and large-scale developments in the Mesopotamian world. We argue that the evidence from Kani Shaie reflects a long process in which different communities of practice made active choices of adopting, adapting, or rejecting non-local cultural practices.

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Specialized pottery production in Dalma tradition; a statistical approach in pottery analysis from Soha Chay Tepe, Zanjan, Iran

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

New Radiocarbon Dates for the Middle Chalcolithic Period of the Central Zagros, Iran

New Radiocarbon Dates for the Middle Chalcolithic Period of the Central Zagros, Iran

Geochemical analyses result of prehistoric pottery from the site of Tol-e Kamin (Fars, Iran) by pXRF

Late Chalcolithic Ceramic Development in Southern Iraqi Kurdistan: The Stratigraphic Sounding at Kani Shaie

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