چکیده:
Tapeh Mahtaj is the earliest known occupation that has yet been discovered in the eastern plains of southwestern Iran. The
site contains Pre-Pottery Neolithic deposits, ca. 40 cm in depth. The available finds suggest that the site was seasonally occupied
during the second half of the 8th millennium bc. Three occupational phases were recognized at the site. The upper levels witnessed the
introduction of obsidian into the region and also contained a large amount of grinding stones that were not in their primary context.
Tapeh Mahtaj provides crucial information on the appearance of agriculture in the plains, which were closer to the coast line 10,000
years ago than today. This issue provides us with information on the Neolithization of the Persian Gulf Oasis.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In search of Neolithic Appearance along the Northern Shorelines of the Persian Gulf: A Report on the Excavation at the Pre-pottery Neolithic Site of Tapeh Mahtaj, Behbahan Plain Hojjat Darabi Razi University, Iran Mojtaba Aghajari Independent Researcher, Iran Meisam Nikzad Tarbiat Modares University, Iran Saeed Bahramiyan University of Tehran, Iran Received: April 12, 2016 Accepted: October 23, 2016 Tapeh Mahtaj is the earliest known occupation that has yet been discovered in the eastern plains of southwestern Iran.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Tapeh Mahtaj, Behbahan, Persian Gulf Oasis Introduction Iran has generally been the focus of research into the Neolithic period later than adjacent regions in the Near East (see Smith 1971: 6); in addition, there is a geopgraphic disparity across Iran in terms of research intensity.
Across lowland southwestern Iran the eastern plains, including Ramhormoz, Behbahan, and Zohreh, to the southeast, had previously mostly produced evidence for later prehistoric occupations from the Chalcolithic onwards (see Alizadeh 2014; Dittman 1984; Moghaddam 2012a,b, 2016; Moghaddam and Miri 2007; Wright 1969; Wright and Carter 2003), whereas remains of earlier settlements, in particular the early Neolithic, were unknown until now.
2012, 2013, 2015); on the other hand, recently-found evidence suggests that at least some inter-mountain valleys in the southern Zagros, to the southeast, were also under occupation since the beginning of the Holocene (Azizi Kharanaghi 2013; Tsuneki 2013; Weeks 2013); furthermore, the lowlands such as Deh Luran and Susa plains appear to have been inhabited since themid-8th millennium bc onward (Alizadeh 2003; Hole 1987; Hole et al.