The examination and publication of the iron age material stored at harvard university from the site of tepe yahya in southeastern iran. The tepe yahya expedition papers largely consist of field records and publication materials from c. Further to the south, in the kerman district at tepe yahya and. The expedition took place between 1968 and 1975, although the papers include additional materials from both before and after the excavations. Excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671975, the early periods, cambridge. Third millennium american school of prehistoric research bulletin 42. From the screenplay dx home menu, select the type of content you want to play. Investigating ceramic production during the protoelamite period at tepe yahya, southeastern iran. Abstractmassive looting in 2000 drew the attention of iranian archaeologists to the important bronze age archaeological sites in the region of jiroft. Excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671975, volume iii. Pdf excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671975, volume. It is fortunate that the features into the following categories. It is approximately 760 m 2,490 ft above sea level.
Beginning in 1990, most papers on the archaeology and prehistory of latin america appear in the society for american archaeologys latin american antiquity. Results of this work include the exposure of monumental architecture on the citadel and domestic and. Ben gurion university of the negev press, 1996 and with daniel potts et al. The protoelamite texts from tepe yahya american school of prehistoric research bulletin. We originally asked mr charles burney, of the department of history. Since 1935 american antiquity has published original papers on the archaeology of the new world and on archaeological method, theory, and practice worldwide. Investigating ceramic production during the protoelamite. The third millennium, american school of prehistoric research bulletins 45, cambridge ma. Excavations at this site have been fundamental for the establishment of the chronology of ancient southeastern iran as they revealed the single archaeological sequence found thus far in this area that extends from the neolithic period in the six millennium bce to the. New evidence of the emergence of complex societies. The aja reaches more than 50 countries and almost 1,000 universities, learned societies, departments of antiquities, and museums. Lamberg karllovsky, shown here with native workers at tepe yahya in southeast iran, is director of the harvard university excavation of that site.
In the first place, tepe yahya is so remote from other excavated contemporary communities that it is hard to make direct comparisons. Pdf excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671975, volume iv. A companion to the archaeology of the ancient near east. He is the author of the archaeology of elam 1999, excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671975, volume iii. Pdf pars province has full potential for those wishing to study the long term. In these excavations, parts of a monumental late assyrian building erected on a massive mudbrick platform were uncovered, showing evidence of at least two different building phases.
Lambergkarlovsky 1970, to present in detail the m y decision to farm out to graduate students dis results of excavations at tepe yahya, iran, that were con. As a result, the site is critical for understanding cultural processes in southeastern iran. Delougaz and myself at chogha mish came in the afternoon. In this volume of results of the excavations at tepe yahya, magee presents evidence from the iron age occupation of the site. Tracing the evolution of copperbase alloying at tepe yahya, iran, via icpms analysis of commonplace items. New evidence of the emergence of complex societies discovered on the central iranian plateau morteza hessari. Navigate to the content you want and press the play button to start playback. Excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 1967 1975, the early. Preliminary report on the first season of excavations at. Excavations 196870 by the american school of prehistoric research have revealed that tepe yahya was almost.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient near east daniel t. A companion to the archaeology of the ancient near east by. The highest part of the acropolis at ziyaret tepe was initially excavated as operation a in 20002002 matney et al. Progress report 1 bulletin 27, american school of prehistoric research, peabody museum lambergkarlovsky, c. Pdf the second season of excavations at tepe rahmat abad. Excavations at konar sandal in the region of jiroft in the. Tepe yahya provides a stratigraphic sequence that stretches some 6,000 years, from the neolithic period to the early centuries ad.
This definitive study describes the stratigraphy, architecture, ceramics, and chronology of the site and presents a full inventory of the small finds. This site is the only excavated iron age settlement in that region and its publication will provide for the first time an understanding of iron age cultural processes in this area. Excavations at tepe yahya, iran, the third millennium. Home amar archive of mesopotamian archaeological reports excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671969.
Tepe yahya, ancient iranian site located northeast of dowlatabad in southeastern iran. The elamite cup found at the end of our last season annual report, p. The protoelamites on the iranian plateau antiquity. Lambergkarlovsky s excavations in tepe yahya in southeastern iran. The early bronze age of iran as seen from tepe yahya. The tell artificial mound has a height of 15 m 49 ft and is about 300 m 980 ft in diameter. Lambergkarlovsky of harvard, and shahre sukhte, reported on by professor m. The archeological use of the term elam is based on a loose unity recognizable in the material cultures of the period 3400525 b. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. Frequently reports fail to live fully up to expectations and that is the case with excavations at tepe yahya, although much of the failure is beyond the control of the authors. A companion to the archaeology of the ancient near east blackwell companions to the ancient world by daniel t. The third millennium 2001, mesopotamia, iran and arabia from the seleucids to the sasanians 2010 and founding editor of the journal arabian archaeology. Results of instrumental neutron activation analysis of periods ivc and ivb ceramics.
Potts is the edwin cuthbert hall professor of middle eastern archaeology at the university of sydney. Period via, a construction stage consisting of tons of stone rubble and sherd leveling, is unparalleled anywhere else on the iranian plateau in this period and represents one of the most extraordinary single building efforts to have survived from early fourth millennium highland iran p. His recent publications include beyond the tigris and euphrates bronze age civilizations tel aviv. The paperback of the excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671975, volume iii. Excavations at tepe yahya, iran, 19671975, volume iv.
Lambergkarlovsky has now been digging at tepe yahya for six seasons. In 1963 excavations at tepe guran in luristan revealed a series of occupations, representing a small neolithic village with an economy based on dryfarming, herding, and hunting, and strongly dependant on the nearby rivers and hills. The american journal of archaeology, published by the archaeological institute of america, was founded in 1885 and is one of the worlds oldest and most distinguished and widely distributed archaeological journals. Potts describes the stratigraphy, architecture, ceramics, and chronology of the tepe yahya site and presents a full inventory of the. The second season of excavations at tepe rahmat abad, southern iran. Wulsin records of test pits, surveys, trench records, burial records and a photographic record.
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