Article ID: CBB001422595

Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq and the Beginning of the Neolithic in North-East Iran (2015)

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Attempts to understand the origins of domestication and sedentary settlement in the Near East have traditionally focused on the Fertile Crescent. Beyond this region, however, in the foothills of the Alborz Mountains of north-eastern Iran, evidence has emerged that charts the Neolithic transition over a period of 1500 years. Investigations at the twin mounds of Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq have revealed pre-pottery and pottery Neolithic occupation in a sequence long enough to document the evolving exploitation of plants and animals leading to the development of a permanent, agro-pastoral community during the eighth to sixth millennia BC. The continuous occupation of this settlement during this crucial transition allows significant changes in lifestyle to be mapped, and provides a new framework for the earliest Neolithic occupation of Iran.

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Authors & Contributors
Campbell, Gordon Lindsay
Bickle, Penny
Whittle, Alasdair W. R.
Porter, Anne
Shea, John J.
Sato, Hiroyuki
Concepts
Domestication
Prehistory and primitive societies
Archaeology
Animal husbandry
Animals
Ceramics; pottery
Time Periods
Prehistory
Stone age
Ancient
19th century
Neolithic period
Medieval
Places
Middle and Near East
Europe
Iran
Susa (Shush)
Mesoamerica
England
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