- Prehistoric Archaeology, Ancient Iran, Ancient Craftmanship (Archaeology), Ancient Technology (Archaeology), Neolithic Archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), and 28 moreEthnoarchaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Taphonomy, Pottery technology and function, Craft production (Archaeology), Sumerian Religion, Early Dynastic Sumer, Royal ideology in the ancient Near East, Ancient Cosmetics, Ancient Dentistry, Indus Valley, Greek Bronze Statuary, Cottage Industry, Indus Valley Civilization, South Asian Archaeology, Residue Analysis (Archaeology), Ancient techniques, Iranian Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Near Eastern Archaeology, Iran Archaeology, Development of complex societies, Ancient Metallurgy, Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Archaeology of Central Asia, Assyriology, Indus Valley (Pakistan) Prehistory and Protohistory, and Media Studiesedit
A chlorite "hand-bag" belonging to the once-called "intercultural style" production, currently on exhibit in the National Archaeological Museum, Tehran, is described focusing attention, for the first time, to the peculiar wear traces... more
A chlorite "hand-bag" belonging to the once-called "intercultural style" production, currently on exhibit in the National Archaeological Museum, Tehran, is described focusing attention, for the first time, to the peculiar wear traces clearly visible on the handle and along its contour. The strong wear suggests that the handbag was suspended for a long time on a cord; and that in this setting it was gradually polished while rubbing against a soft surface, most probably a vertical one, covered with cloth. While this inference is based on a single object, and therefore is far from being granted, we propose that wear traces can provide a useful key for understanding the function of these peculiar objects. At a later stage of its life-cycle, the handbag was broken and restored with iron fittings and nails. As the edges of the great Iranian deserts are a favorable location for the recovery of iron-rich meteorites, we propose that the iron parts of the Tehran handbag should be analyzed to test the possible presence of rare metals like nikel, niobium and others, more abundant in meteorites than in terrestrial iron.
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We review some of the most important comments so far put forward on the frieze of Theseus’ ship on the François Vase, and particularly Mario Torelli’s views in Le strategie di Kleitias: Composizione e programma figurativo del Vaso... more
We review some of the most important comments so far put forward on the frieze
of Theseus’ ship on the François Vase, and particularly Mario Torelli’s views in Le strategie di Kleitias: Composizione e programma figurativo del Vaso François (2007, Electa Milano), so far the most complete and organic discussion of the masterpiece. Like others before us, we compare the vase’s imagery with Ode 17 of Bacchylides, composed about one century after the creation of the vase. Both painting and poem came from a more ancient folkloric theme and oral tradition.
Recognizing in the frieze the figure, so far ignored, of a diving dolphin, the interpretation of the ship frieze would completely change; and would question the main conclusion of Torelli’s study – namely, that the paintings on the vase were, as a whole, a highly structured, unified iconographic message, meant to instil the ideological essential of paideia into young aristocratic Athenians. If this were the case, similar implications and meanings are not excluded, but they do not account for the whole graphic project.
of Theseus’ ship on the François Vase, and particularly Mario Torelli’s views in Le strategie di Kleitias: Composizione e programma figurativo del Vaso François (2007, Electa Milano), so far the most complete and organic discussion of the masterpiece. Like others before us, we compare the vase’s imagery with Ode 17 of Bacchylides, composed about one century after the creation of the vase. Both painting and poem came from a more ancient folkloric theme and oral tradition.
Recognizing in the frieze the figure, so far ignored, of a diving dolphin, the interpretation of the ship frieze would completely change; and would question the main conclusion of Torelli’s study – namely, that the paintings on the vase were, as a whole, a highly structured, unified iconographic message, meant to instil the ideological essential of paideia into young aristocratic Athenians. If this were the case, similar implications and meanings are not excluded, but they do not account for the whole graphic project.
Sintesi della mia Tesi di Dottorato, pubblicata in Antenor Quaderni 48, dal titolo "L'organizzazione della produzione artigianale a Padova tra il IX e il I sec. a.C.
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M. VIDALE, L. BONDIOLI, F. RUBAT BOREL, I singolari casi delle anime dei defunti dei ghiacciai della Lera e della Rossa e dei resti umani della Cresta Rossa del Rocciamelone, in Roccia dei Giochi, Roccia di Giove. Un masso inciso tra... more
M. VIDALE, L. BONDIOLI, F. RUBAT BOREL, I singolari casi delle anime dei defunti dei ghiacciai della Lera e della Rossa e dei resti umani della Cresta Rossa del Rocciamelone, in Roccia dei Giochi, Roccia di Giove. Un masso inciso tra preistoria ed età moderna a Usseglio, a cura di D. BERTA, A. ARCÀ, F. RUBAT BOREL, Museo Civico A. Tazzetti, Usseglio 2016, pp. 89-93 - ISBN 9788894190014
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By sequencing 523 ancient humans, we show that the primary source of ancestry in modern South Asians is a prehistoric genetic gradient between people related to early hunter-gatherers of Iran and Southeast Asia. After the Indus Valley... more
By sequencing 523 ancient humans, we show that the primary source of ancestry in modern South Asians is a prehistoric genetic gradient between people related to early hunter-gatherers of Iran and Southeast Asia. After the Indus Valley Civilization’s decline, its people mixed with individuals in the southeast to form one of the two main ancestral populations of South Asia, whose direct descendants live in southern India. Simultaneously, they mixed with descendants of Steppe pastoralists who, starting around 4000 years ago, spread via Central Asia to form the other main ancestral population. The Steppe ancestry in South Asia has the same profile as that in Bronze Age Eastern Europe, tracking a movement of people that affected both regions and that likely spread the distinctive features shared between Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic languages.
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This paper deals with a unique artefact currently on exhibit at the archaeological Museum of Jiroft (Kerman, Iran), a large-sized copper or bronze staff inlaid with shell mosaics of contrasting colours. Unfortunately, as it was... more
This paper deals with a unique artefact currently on exhibit at the archaeological Museum of Jiroft (Kerman, Iran), a large-sized copper or bronze staff inlaid with shell mosaics of contrasting colours. Unfortunately, as it was confiscated with many other objects by the Iranian security forces from illegal excavators, nothing is known of the whereabouts or context of its discovery. It might be one of the largest copper artefacts ever found in Bronze Age sites of the eastern Iranian Plateau. Because of its form, such a unusually elaborated, costly and visually imposing staff must have performed a highly formal symbolic function, hence the hypothetical label of “royal sceptre” proposed in the title. The authors attempt a reconstruction of the original form and manufacturing sequence of this large artefact, discussing its role in the poorly known landscape of the protohistoric metallurgy of south-eastern Iran.
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Analytical methods based on particle accelerators are widely used in cultural heritage diagnostics and archaeological sciences from the absolute dating of organic materials by means of radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to... more
Analytical methods based on particle accelerators are widely used in cultural heritage diagnostics and archaeological sciences from the absolute dating of organic materials by means of radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to the analysis of the elemental composition of a wide range of materials (metals, obsidians, pottery) via ion beam analysis (IBA) techniques. At CEDAD (Centre for Dating and Diagnostics), the accelerator facility of the University of Salento, AMS 14C dating and PIXE (particle-induced X-ray emission)-PIGE (particle-induced gamma-ray emission) compositional analysis in external beam mode are combined to study certain archaeological materials. We present a review of the combined application of these analytical methods in the study of casting cores of the Riace bronzes, 2 classical Greek statues of extraordinary importance for the history of art.
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Polychrome and bichrome wares, mainlyfound at Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan, Iran) and Mundigak (Kandahar, Afghanistan) across the relative sequences of the 3rd millennium BC may be distinguished from more common wares by the post-firing... more
Polychrome and bichrome wares, mainlyfound at Shahr-i Sokhta (Sistan, Iran) and Mundigak (Kandahar, Afghanistan) across the relative sequences of the 3rd millennium BC may be distinguished from more common wares by the post-firing paintingin various ...
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There is no written information (excluding the scarce information from the Inventory book, under the entry'Varia'), in the Missions records, about the circumstances of the discovery of the two stones from Panr(Jambil... more
There is no written information (excluding the scarce information from the Inventory book, under the entry'Varia'), in the Missions records, about the circumstances of the discovery of the two stones from Panr(Jambil Valley, Swat, Pakistan). Nobody knows or remembers ...
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... Making and using ceramics: on the role of technical events in the generation of functional types. Autores: Francesca Lugli, Massimo Vidale; Localización: Origini: Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche, ISSN 0474-6805, Nº 20,... more
... Making and using ceramics: on the role of technical events in the generation of functional types. Autores: Francesca Lugli, Massimo Vidale; Localización: Origini: Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche, ISSN 0474-6805, Nº 20, 1996 , pág. 353. Fundación Dialnet. ...
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... Arqueología urbana en el valle del Indo. Autores: Massimo Vidale; Localización: Arqueología : paseos virtuales por civilizaciones desaparecidas, 1996, ISBN 84-253-2959-0 , págs. 190-197. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios... more
... Arqueología urbana en el valle del Indo. Autores: Massimo Vidale; Localización: Arqueología : paseos virtuales por civilizaciones desaparecidas, 1996, ISBN 84-253-2959-0 , págs. 190-197. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
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... La Rivoluzione Urbana e la specializzazione artigianale in Eurasia a 50 anni dalla morte di VG Childe. Autores: Massimo Vidale; Localización: Rivista di scienze preistoriche, ISSN 0035-6514, Nº. 57, 2007 , págs. 399-416. Fundación... more
... La Rivoluzione Urbana e la specializzazione artigianale in Eurasia a 50 anni dalla morte di VG Childe. Autores: Massimo Vidale; Localización: Rivista di scienze preistoriche, ISSN 0035-6514, Nº. 57, 2007 , págs. 399-416. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Cet article présente une reconstitution des techniques employées par les fabricant de perles de Mehrgarh(Pakistan) au 5 e millénaire av. J.-C. pour la production de perles discoïdes en stéatite. La matière première a été identifiée par... more
Cet article présente une reconstitution des techniques employées par les fabricant de perles de Mehrgarh(Pakistan) au 5 e millénaire av. J.-C. pour la production de perles discoïdes en stéatite. La matière première a été identifiée par microscopie électronique à balayage ...
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This paper presents a detailed analysis of the iconography carved on a cylinder seal found in a metallurgical site within the archaeological complex of Konar Sandal South, near Jiroft, in the Halil river valley of the Kerman province,... more
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the iconography carved on a cylinder seal found in a metallurgical site within the archaeological complex of Konar Sandal South, near Jiroft, in the Halil river valley of the Kerman province, south-eastern Iran. This seal is made of a whitish marble and – even if heavily worn by use – it retains traces of different animal figures. These animals represent the translation into local style of a rare but characteristic iconography found in the seal production of the Indus Civilization. The merging into a single seal of different animals, some of which clearly belong to the standard animal series of the Indus seals, might have provided the owner with a special authority that allowed him/her to hold different administrative functions. Moreover, the discovery at Konar Sandal South of a cylinder seal bearing an Indus-related iconography might further testify to the direct interest of Indus merchants and probably craftsmen in trade exchanges with a major early urban site in south-eastern Iran.
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This paper reports on the cooperative work of the Department of Radiology of the Catholic University, Rome, and of the Italian Institute for Middle and Far East. The study was aimed at using xeroradiography and digital luminescence... more
This paper reports on the cooperative work of the Department of Radiology of the Catholic University, Rome, and of the Italian Institute for Middle and Far East. The study was aimed at using xeroradiography and digital luminescence radiography for the archeometric evaluation of ancient ceramics and at assessing the imaging potentials of the two techniques. Some manufacturing techniques are reported which were used in the ancient world and societies for pottery making--i.e., coil building (the superimposition of clay rings), paddle and anvil beating and throwing of the wheel. Such techniques leave, on the vessel's wall, clear traces which can be detected by X-ray imaging. After discussing the main semiologic features, we present 4 case studies from the project archive. Each vase underwent xeroradiography and digital luminescence radiography. The former technique was useful in detailing minor phase transitions--e.g., pores and inclusions--while the latter, thanks to both its wide ...
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Abstract: Ten crucible fragments collected at a single location on the surface of Altyn-Depe, most probably datable to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, have been studied and analysed by the means of different techniques. The... more
Abstract: Ten crucible fragments collected at a single location on the surface of Altyn-Depe, most probably datable to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, have been studied and analysed by the means of different techniques. The research provides new information on Middle ...
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In Indus urban sites, monumental buildings (with famous exceptions such as the ‘Great Bath’ at Mohenjo-Daro or the ‘Granary’ at Harappa) are often difficult to distinguish from surrounding constructions, and their functions remain quite... more
In Indus urban sites, monumental buildings (with famous exceptions such as the ‘Great Bath’ at Mohenjo-Daro or the ‘Granary’ at Harappa) are often difficult to distinguish from surrounding constructions, and their functions remain quite uncertain. Ninety years ago archaeologists failed to appreciate the complex interlocking among ancient floors and trampling surfaces, wall foundations and earthen fillings created by continuous rebuilding.
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This paper presents an analysis and interpretation of the so-called Harappan chimaera, one of the most peculiar and elaborate iconographies of Indus Civilization (c. 2600-1900 BCE). It is represented on many stamp seals of fired steatite... more
This paper presents an analysis and interpretation of the so-called Harappan chimaera, one of the most peculiar and elaborate iconographies of Indus Civilization (c. 2600-1900 BCE). It is represented on many stamp seals of fired steatite and corresponding clay sealings, terracotta tablets in bas-relief, copper tablets, and tokens. The Harappan chimaera was composed of body parts derived from different animals, as well as humans and other fantastic beings of the Indus imagination. A detailed documentation and description of all the objects bearing chimaeras makes it possible to recognize not only a basic set of regular combinations and some aspects of their possible change in time, but also visual associations among selected parts of the chimaera% body that could be perceived and semantically interpreted at different levels. We believe that the sophisticated structure of these images fully deserves to be considered an early form of `hypertext', following definitions currently used in computer sciences. We conclude by relating the evidence and its cognitive background to other spheres of the early urban societies in the Indus basin.
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Cet article offre une description de l'industrie du lapis lazuli mise au jour par la mission archéologique française de Mehrgarh, en surface du site MR2 (4e millénaire av. J.-C). Cette découverte représente l'un... more
Cet article offre une description de l'industrie du lapis lazuli mise au jour par la mission archéologique française de Mehrgarh, en surface du site MR2 (4e millénaire av. J.-C). Cette découverte représente l'un des plus anciens assemblages de perles en lapis lazuli d'Asie du sud et témoigne du ...
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The present paper deals with a prehistoric megalithic monument. This is a very ambiguous pieceof evidence, because it can be interpreted in two opposite ways. Accordingto a first possible view, it might be the output of a random process... more
The present paper deals with a prehistoric megalithic monument. This is a very ambiguous pieceof evidence, because it can be interpreted in two opposite ways. Accordingto a first possible view, it might be the output of a random process without any precise meaning, inspired by ...
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This article discusses the identity of the people buried in the Great Death Pit PG 1237, a mass grave of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, and the ways they died and entered the shaft. Admittedly, the evidence required to positively solve the... more
This article discusses the identity of the people buried in the Great Death Pit PG 1237, a mass grave of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, and the ways they died and entered the shaft. Admittedly, the evidence required to positively solve the many taphonomic and osteological questions involved does not exist, because of the way the site was excavated and published in the early twentieth century. Nonetheless, the original excavators’ skill and unquestioned care in mapping and recording still prepares the ground for new alternative interpretations. As the ‘Rams Caught in a Thicket’ (two statuettes found in the mass grave) may have been the front parts of lyres, and almost all the dead might have entered the shaft impersonating musicians, singers and dancers, the paramount importance of music in the funerals of Sumerian elites is emphasized. New radiographic evidence recently suggested that some of the buried persons were killed violently, refuting the traditional theory of a voluntary mass su...
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L'examen et l'analyse chimique de fragments de céramique contenant de la stéatite et des matières vitrifiées provenant de Chanhu Daro montrent que la fabrication des céramiques à l'époque harappéenne dépendait de la... more
L'examen et l'analyse chimique de fragments de céramique contenant de la stéatite et des matières vitrifiées provenant de Chanhu Daro montrent que la fabrication des céramiques à l'époque harappéenne dépendait de la présence de stéatite utilisée en pyrotechnologie
Since his discovery in 1991 the iceman has been widely seen as meeting a dramatic end – mortally wounded by an arrow shot while attempting to flee through an Alpine pass. A careful study of all the located grave goods, here planned... more
Since his discovery in 1991 the iceman has been widely seen as meeting a dramatic end – mortally wounded by an arrow shot while attempting to flee through an Alpine pass. A careful study of all the located grave goods, here planned comprehensively for the first time, points strongly towards the scene as one of a ceremonial burial, subsequently dispersed by thawing and gravity. The whole assemblage thus takes on another aspect – not a casual tragedy but a mortuary statement of its day.
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A seashell dump from the site of San Vincenzo (Stromboli, Aeolian islands, Italy) was studied using an interdisciplinary approach to identify the type of molluscs and the formation process of the deposit, with the aim of reconstructing... more
A seashell dump from the site of San Vincenzo (Stromboli, Aeolian islands, Italy) was studied using an interdisciplinary approach to identify the type of molluscs and the formation process of the deposit, with the aim of reconstructing the most important cultural and social aspects of the meal. A large village occupied Stromboli during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. The village, at least during its later phases, had a modular topographical structure made up of rectangular enclosures with imposing stone elements at the corners. A large pit filled almost exclusively with marine shells was found near one of these stones and by an enclosure wall at the southernmost edge of the village. A sample of the deposit where the shells are embedded in their originally sandy matrix was extracted, investigated by means of CT scanning and reconstructed in 3D, confirming deposition after a single discard event. Radiometric, stratigraphic, typological and archaeometric data indicate that the meal was consumed contemporaneously with the beginning of interactions with the Mycenaeans, and discharged in a specific location possibly marking a major topographical transformation. The quantity of molluscs consumed was reconstructed experimentally by comparing the ancient record with the corresponding quantity of meat provided by contemporary animals collected as a specimen from the rocky shores of the island. Shell deposits of the Mediterranean Bronze Age have been rarely studied in such detail and this case study may reveal forms of ancient communal consumption of such food at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, and therefore important feasting contexts in which ancient communities materially interacted and exchanged information.
A peculiar imprint visible on the exterior surface of the base of medium-sized and restricted pots from the terramara settlement of Pilastri di Bondeno (FE) (Middle Bronze age-MBA 2-3, Late Bronze Age-LBA 1) raises the issue whether it... more
A peculiar imprint visible on the exterior surface of the base of medium-sized and restricted pots from the terramara settlement of Pilastri di Bondeno (FE) (Middle Bronze age-MBA 2-3, Late Bronze Age-LBA 1) raises the issue whether it might be related to the use of an early potter's wheel. We present the evidence of a palaeo-technological indicator so far overlooked, visually enhanced through advanced structured light system, and relate it to other sources of relevant evidence in the pottery collections of the site. Eventually, this preliminary study opens the question of the probable use of a hand-powered pot-ter's wheel in the ceramics of the Terramare culture, with important implications on the question of the early contacts and technical interchange with the traders and craftsmen of the Aegean world. RIASSUNTO-Un particolare tipo di impronta visibile sulla superficie esterna della base di alcuni vasi a imboccatura ristretta (olle ed altre forme) provenienti dallo scavo della terramara di Pilastri di Bondeno (FE) (Bronzo medio-BM2-3, Bronzo recente-BR1) pone il problema del possibile uso nella manifattu-ra ceramica di una antica forma di ruota da vasaio. Presentiamo un indicatore paleotecnologico sinora trascurato, ulteriormente evidenziato con tecniche di acquisizione a luce strutturata, discutendole insieme ad altre possibili evidenze tecniche. Lo studio pone l'importante questione del probabile uso di una ruota da vasaio azionata a mano, con importanti implicazioni sul problema dei contatti e del probabile scambio tecnico tra le comunità di artigiani della penisola con quelli del mondo Egeo.
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We present here the results of the excavation in 2003 of the most furnished grave found in Spidej (grave 125), in Eastern Jazmurian area (Iranian Baluchistan). Probably dated around 3000 BC (3200-2800 BC), it displays a funer-ary... more
We present here the results of the excavation in 2003 of the most furnished grave found in Spidej (grave 125), in Eastern Jazmurian area (Iranian Baluchistan). Probably dated around 3000 BC (3200-2800 BC), it displays a funer-ary assemblage of 59 pottery, copper-alloy and stone artefacts mostly unknown up to now, except for the very partially published excavation in Bampur 14 / Saidabad led by Mehdi Rahbar in 2003.
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A growing body of archaeological evidence and new theoretical approaches to the formation of early states support the application of the term ‘heterarchies’ to the power systems that ruled the polycentric urban compounds of the Indus... more
A growing body of archaeological evidence and new theoretical approaches to the formation of early states support the application of the term ‘heterarchies’ to the power systems that ruled the polycentric urban compounds of the Indus Civilization (ca. 2600-1900 BC). Their peculiar societal organization might be linked to anomalous and still poorly understood forms of territorial control, as well as to a close dependence upon the vagaries of long-distance trade in valuable base materials and commodities. Some aspects of a ‘maritime mode of production’ (Ling et al. 2018) might also have been in play. Reference to the urban evolution and heterarchical system of government of medieval and late medieval Genoa (ca. 1000-1500 AD), a maritime republic whose political evolution and (in part) economic grounds show points of convergence, suggests that Indus Bronze age heterarchies might have had similarly flexible government agendas, and were
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This is the chemico-physical examination of 13 samples collected from the early 2nd millennium BC Linear Elamite inscribed silver gunagi vessels of the Mahboubian collection (see Desset; preceding paper). Chemical composition of the... more
This is the chemico-physical examination of 13 samples collected from the early 2nd millennium BC Linear Elamite inscribed silver gunagi vessels of the Mahboubian collection (see Desset; preceding paper). Chemical composition of the silver-copper alloys as well as their physical microstructure are considered here.
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I will give a lecture on that topic on tuesday, the 23rd of June, from 10 to 12 am in Padua University, in the Museo di Scienze archeologiche e d’Arte del Palazzo Liviano.
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A large catacomb grave was recently excavated in Hajjiabad-Varamin, in the Halil Rud valley (Kerman province, Iran). Dated from the late 4 th to the early 3 rd millennium BC, the burial is abundantly furnished with 90 artefacts, which... more
A large catacomb grave was recently excavated in Hajjiabad-Varamin, in the Halil Rud valley (Kerman province, Iran). Dated from the late 4 th to the early 3 rd millennium BC, the burial is abundantly furnished with 90 artefacts, which provide for the first time an insight into the local material (ceramic) assemblage used in the Halil Rud valley around 3000 BC.
The ceramics (here fully published) help to define a new ceramic horizon (which we propose to call "Varamin Period"), between the 4 th millennium BC Aliabad wares horizon and the c. mid-3 rd millennium BC occupation periods of Konar Sandal South. The analysis of the spatial distribution of the grave furnishings also reveals aspects of the final stages of the funeral, as well as some immaterial implications hidden behind the material evidence.
The ceramics (here fully published) help to define a new ceramic horizon (which we propose to call "Varamin Period"), between the 4 th millennium BC Aliabad wares horizon and the c. mid-3 rd millennium BC occupation periods of Konar Sandal South. The analysis of the spatial distribution of the grave furnishings also reveals aspects of the final stages of the funeral, as well as some immaterial implications hidden behind the material evidence.