Pottery of the Uruk Period in Tel Baladiyeh Based on the Excavations at Trench C6N
Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology
1 - Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Abhar, Iran; Expert of National Museum of Iran.
Keywords: Khuzestan, pottery, Uruk period, Tel Baladiyeh, Choghamish,
Abstract :
Tel Baladiyeh is located in the Susiana plain in the east of Dez river and Khuzestan province. This mound is situated near one of the important and large archaeological centers of the region, Choghamish. In the winter of 2004, this mound was excavated by the joint team of archaeology of Iran and the University of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Abbas Alizadeh and Ali Mahforouzi. The important porpuse of exploring this mound was to know the transition phase from the Prehistoric era to the Proto-historic period and the chronology of the Uruk period, which did not lead to the desired result due to the existing problems. One of the trenches created in this mound was C6 on the north and northwest side of the Tel Baladiyeh, where the C6N trench was located on its north side. Because from the beginning, an orderly sequence of the Proto-writing pottery was obtained, Tel Baladiyeh was explored in order to know the internal chronology of the Uruk period. In this article, an attempt is made to introduce and categorize the Proto-writing pottery obtained from this trench, to highlight the differences between their form, dough and their combinations. Finally, considering the complexities of the late 5th and 4th millennium BC in the Susiana plain, local centers such as Tel Baladiyeh in the region and the role of regional sites are investigated.
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