Analysis of Neolithic Pottery Technology along the Iranian Zagros Foothills

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https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.49.11

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Zagros, Neolithic, pottery technology, paste composition, construction methods, slip

Abstract

The article presents the results of a technological analysis of the ceramic samples from Neolithic settlements of Ali Kosh, Mahtaj and Guran (the 7th mill. BC). The use of sheep and goat dung in the paste prevailed. While two-layer slabs were applied as the main construction method across the region, a few samples from Guran show the appearance of coil construction around the middle of the 7th millennium BC. First an overall coating with the same clay and red colouring appeared, and later a new type of red slip emerged – a mixture of clay with red pigment.

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19.09.2022 — Updated on 23.12.2022

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Petrova, N., & Darabi, H. (2022). Analysis of Neolithic Pottery Technology along the Iranian Zagros Foothills. Documenta Praehistorica, 49, 318–342. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.49.11

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