From the 7th to the 6th millennium BC in Iraqi Kurdistan: A local ceramic horizon in the Shahrizor Plain
The Shahrizor Plain is an intermontane valley in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ongoing archaeological investigations are gradually revealing the local Prehistory of this region. For the Late Neolithic period (7th-6th millennia BC), however, archaeologists have struggled to explain a...
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| Ngôn ngữ: | Anglais |
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Paléorient
2021
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Tóm tắt: | The Shahrizor Plain is an intermontane valley in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ongoing archaeological investigations are gradually revealing the local Prehistory of this region. For the Late Neolithic period (7th-6th millennia BC), however, archaeologists have struggled to explain a large apparent hiatus in settlement observed between the end of 7th and the mid-6th millennium BC. Following the traditional chronology currently available for the broader region, no sites can be identified between the “Jarmo/Proto-Hassuna” (later 7th millennium) and the Late Halaf (mid-6th millennium) stages. Was the entire plain abandoned around 6000 BC? To solve this enigma, the Shahrizor Survey Project investigated a cluster of small Late Neolithic sites in 2012. The ceramics collected at these sites, Shaikh Marif I and II, may fill this chronological gap. The analysis of systematically collected surface material demonstrates the regional distinctiveness of the plain: the culture-historical sequence follows a different trajectory when compared to the classic Upper Mesopotamian sequences. This leads us to reconsider regional interactions during the Late Neolithic period. |
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