PETROLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF THE NATURAL STONE TOOLS FROM Al-DALMAJ ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, MESOPOTAMIAN PLAIN, IRAQ
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چکیده
Many stone tools were found on a hill south of the Hor Al-Dalmaj which is located in central part alluvial plain Mesopotamia, between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The types rocks from studied made are not plain, because it consists friable sand, silt, clay. All existing sediments precipitated riverine environments such as point bar, over bank, floodplain sediments. collected described with magnifying glass (10 x) polarized microscope after they thin sectioned. Microscopic analysis showed that these sedimentary, volcanic igneous metamorphic rocks, as: sandstones, limestones, chert, conglomerate, rhyolite, basalt, mica schist, quartzite. current used by ancient humans pestles, querns, scrapers, knives. present study transported outside Mesopotamia. A tool at archaeological site indicates there some trade routes connected this its surrounding; addition to economic, might occurred cultural exchanges during Neolithic Period.
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عنوان ژورنال: Ma?alla? mat?af al-t?r?? al-?ab?’?
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2311-9799', '1017-8678']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2021.16.3.0231