چکیده:
The interval between the periods of Sialk III6-7 and IV1 (3400-3300 b.c.) on the Central Plateau of Iran (hereafter, CPI)
is often introduced as an intermission in archaeological interpretations. A review of the features and changes in the architectural
structures, administrative documents, economic materials, technical tools and burial evidence belonging to Sialk III6-7 and IV1 periods
from prominent archaeological sites in this region clearly indicate that the interval between these two periods can be considered as a
transitional period, rather than as a gap. However, in this period, some sites such as Sialk, Ghabristan, Shad Qoli Khan and Qoli Darvish
are abandoned while Ozbaki and Arisman continue, albeit with shifts in occupation. Much of the archeological evidence related to the
Sialk III6-7 and IV1 periods, obtained from the ancient sites of the CPI, indicates the presence of the late Susa II culture in the region,
demonstrating a link between the CPI and the SW of Iran. These two periods are considered as transitional periods, as the similarities
among the cultural changes in Sialk III6-7 and IV1 periods are considerable. Therefore, this one-hundred-year period is placed in the
context of the transitional period.
خلاصه ماشینی:
A review of the features and changes in the architectural structures, administrative documents, economic materials, technical tools and burial evidence belonging to Sialk III6-7 and IV1 periods from prominent archaeological sites in this region clearly indicate that the interval between these two periods can be considered as a transitional period, rather than as a gap.
Much of the archeological evidence related to the Sialk III6-7 and IV1 periods, obtained from the ancient sites of the CPI, indicates the presence of the late Susa II culture in the region, demonstrating a link between the CPI and the SW of Iran.
view the image of this page Fig. 1: The map of Central Plateau of Iran, Archaeological sites of Sialk III6-7 and IV1 (Fazeli Nashli et al.
Further, is it possible to justify the gap observed in some settlements of the CPI at the end of Sialk III6-7 period by theories of collapse or continuity?
In addition, huge volumes of cultural materials belonging to the late period of Susa II (Acropolis I: 17) were observed in the settlements of the CPI at the end of Sialk III6-7 and at the beginning of Sialk IV1.
Furthermore, the presence of Sialk view the image of this page Fig. 5: Potteries of Sialk IV1 from Sialk South and Arisman (Girshman 1938; Helwing 2013) III6-7 ceramics at Godin illustrates the interaction of the CPI with the Central Zagros in the Late Chalcolithic era (Fazeli Nashli et al.