Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Plates
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1. General Discussion
  • I. Research Objectives and Strategy
  • Introduction
  • Synopsis of previous results
  • Research strategy
  • II. Principal Results and Implications
  • Introduction
  • The transition from the Mohammad Jaffar to the Sabz phase
  • Origins and implications of the Choga Mami Transitional
  • What happened to the original settlers?
  • The Deh Luran sequence
  • Eras and strategies of subsistence
  • Assessment of developments throughout western Iran
  • Major research problems remaining
  • III. The Ages and Characteristics of the Phases
  • Estimated ages of the phases
  • Remarks on radiocarbon dating
  • Summary of the phases
  • Part 2. Excavation and Analysis
  • IV. Stratigraphy and Architecture
  • Methods of excavation
  • Depositional history
  • west trench
  • Depositional history
  • Area B
  • Architectural features
  • V. Burials
  • Prehistoric burials
  • Intrusive burials
  • VI. Pottery
  • Introduction
  • The pottery sequence
  • Stone, plaster and asphalt vessels
  • VII. Chipped Stone Artifacts
  • Introduction
  • Tool types
  • VIII. Other Artifacts
  • Introduction
  • Grinding and pounding tools
  • Miscellaneous stone artifacts
  • Miscellaneous artifacts
  • Bone artifacts
  • Matting and basketry
  • Figurines and objects of lightly baked clay
  • Ornaments
  • Copper
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix 1: Land and Water Resources of the Deh Luran and Khuzistan Plains by M.J. Kirby, University of Leeds
  • Appendix 2: The Later Obsidian of Deh Luran
  • The Evidence of Chaga Sefid by Colin Renfrew, University of Southhampton