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CERAMICS: The Neolithic Period through the Bronze Age in Northeastern and North-central Persia.
iranicaonline.org
CERAMICS: The Neolithic Period through the Bronze Age in Northeastern and North-central Persia.
iranicaonline.org *Hiebert F.T.
The Kopet Dag Sequence of Early Villages in Central Asia.
Paléorient, 2002 Vol 28 #2 pp. 25–41
NEOLITHIC AGE IN IRAN
iranicaonline.org Populated places established in the 6th millennium BC 1963 archaeological discoveries Tells (archaeology) Archaeological sites in Iran Neolithic settlements Neolithic sites of Asia Prehistoric Iran National works of Iran
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...
settlement in the eastern Gorgan
Gorgan ( fa, گرگان ; also romanized as ''Gorgān'', ''Gurgān'', and ''Gurgan''), formerly Esterabad ( ; also romanized as ''Astarābād'', ''Asterabad'', and ''Esterābād''), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies appro ...
plain, Golestan Province. It is located near Gonbad-e Kavus
Gonbad-e Kavus ( fa, گنبد کاووس, Gonbade Kâvus) is a city in Golestan province, Iran.
The modern name, meaning "the tower of Kavus", is a reference to the most imposing ancient monument in the city. The historic name cannot now be rest ...
. This ancient settlement played a big role in establishing the cultural chronology of the neolithic period in Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
.
History of research
It was first explored by V. E. Crawford in 1963, when very little was still known about the neolithic age settlements in this area. There are many cultural similarities between Yarim and the nearby site ofTureng Tepe
Tureng Tepe ( fa, تورنگ تپه, "Hill of the Pheasants"; alternatively spelled in English as Turang Tappe/Tape/Tappa/Tappeh) is a Neolithic and Chalcolithic archaeological site in northeastern Iran, in the Gorgan plain, approximately 17 ...
of the same age.
Just like at Tureng Tepe, in the earliest horizon, there occur Jeitun
Jeitun (Djeitun) is an archaeological site of the Neolithic period in southern Turkmenistan, about 30 kilometers north of Ashgabat in the Kopet-Dag mountain range. The settlement was occupied from about 7200 to 4500 BC possibly with short interr ...
-like ceramics, that are found mostly in the Koppet Dag mountains area, but also at several other contemporary sites in the Gorgan plain, for example in the Hotu cave, and even further west near Behshahr.
In Period I at Yarim Tepe, the Jeitun ware was identified as “Yarim Neolithic”.
Chronology
The early stage of Yarim I is generally dated c. 5200 BC. In SouthernTurkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
, this is also known as ‘Pessejik period’. In Northeastern Iran, along with Yarim I, to this period also belong Hotu cave, and Tureng 'IA'. In North-central Iran, this period is known as ‘Transitional Chalcolithic’, and it is parallel to Sialk
Tepe Sialk ( fa, تپه سیلک) is a large ancient archeological site (a ''tepe'', "hill, tell") in a suburb of the city of Kashan, Isfahan Province, in central Iran, close to Fin Garden. The culture that inhabited this area has been linked t ...
II stratum.
At Yarim Tepe there is a gap between the Djeitun-ware levels and the overlying gray-ware levels (Yarim II).Robert H. DysonCERAMICS: The Neolithic Period through the Bronze Age in Northeastern and North-central Persia.
iranicaonline.org
See also
*Sang-i Chakmak
Sang-i Chakmak (''Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq, Sange Chaxmaq, Chakhmagh'') is a Neolithic archaeological site located about north of the village of Bastam in the northern Semnan Province of Iran, on the southeastern flank of the Elburs Mountains. T ...
*Prehistory of Iran
The prehistory of the Iranian plateau, and the wider region now known as Greater Iran, as part of the prehistory of the Near East is conventionally divided into the Paleolithic, Epipaleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age p ...
Notes
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*D. Stronach, “Yarim Tepe,” in Excavations in Iran. The British Contribution, Oxford, 1972, pp. 21–23. *Robert H. DysonCERAMICS: The Neolithic Period through the Bronze Age in Northeastern and North-central Persia.
iranicaonline.org *Hiebert F.T.
The Kopet Dag Sequence of Early Villages in Central Asia.
Paléorient, 2002 Vol 28 #2 pp. 25–41
External links
*Frank Hole (2004)NEOLITHIC AGE IN IRAN
iranicaonline.org Populated places established in the 6th millennium BC 1963 archaeological discoveries Tells (archaeology) Archaeological sites in Iran Neolithic settlements Neolithic sites of Asia Prehistoric Iran National works of Iran