khole-kū is located in the south of takestan and on the border of qazvin plain. this site was sounding during an archaeological project in the spring of 2011. the pottery materials found by this excavation indicated for the site to have been succesivly occupied from prehistory to islamic periods. in this article we performed a classification framework based on the typological characteristics of...

Abstract This paper presents observations and analyses on seven slag pieces from two third-millennium cal BC (Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age) rock shelters in the Trentino, north-eastern Italy: La Vela di Valbusa Riparo Monte Terlago. We review previous work contemporary slags region show that smelting did not follow well-known ‘Timna’, ‘Eibner’ or so-called ‘Chalcolithic’ copper processes. e...

Abstract We present a comprehensive data-based characterization of the subsistence economy Chalcolithic Cucuteni–Trypillia societies (CTS) on Moldovian and Suceava plateaus Podolian Dnieper uplands. This study is based quantitative evaluation archaeobotanical samples from 34 settlement sites, with focus Trypillia mega-sites stable isotopic analysis ancient crop residues. The allows us to identi...

This is an invited review of the new volume by Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann (2016) entitled "The New Chronology of the Bronze Age Settlement of Tepe Hissar, Iran". University Museum Monograph 142, University of Pennsylvania Museum. 408 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 238 illus. ISBN 978-1-934536-83-4 | $69.95s | £45.50). In general, this reviewer finds the book to be of great interest to specialists and students ...

Potsherds are very important for the archaeological research because they may date a site, reveal clues about art, technology, and subsistence of people. Potteries show relationships exchanges between people from different regions. The Kelar Hill (from now on Tapeh Kelar), Kelardasht region, is one most prehistoric sites in west Mazandaran, north-western Iran. contains cultural materials Late C...