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NEOLITHIC |
ca. 9000 B.C. |
Hunters and Gatherers of Seal and Red Deer. |
Belt and Hotu Caves |
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ca. 8000 B.C. |
Goat herding and clam gathering. Goat herding, mudbrick walls, primitive pottery. |
Asiab Gant Dareh |
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ca. 7000 B.C. |
Goat herding, mudbrick walls, some cereal grain. |
Guran (lower) Ali Kosh (lower) |
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ca. 6000 B.C |
Villages with mixed economy of animal husbandry and cereal farming; painted pottery. |
Guran, Scarab, All Kosh, Sialk l, Hajji Firuz, Godin, Belt Neolithic, Hotu Neolithic, Yanik |
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ca. 5000 B.C. |
Neolithic economy spreading to additional areas crowding surviving hunters and gatherers; new social and technological phenomena emerging; towns growing, extensive trade developing, metallurgy developing, etc. |
Sousa, Chogha Mish, Sabz, Qabr, Sheykkhan, Jaffarabad, Farukhabad; Godin, Giyan, Siabid; Sialk, Zagheb, Cheshmeh Ali, Yarim, Hotu, Dolma,Yanik, lblis, Bakun, Yahya |
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EARLY BRONZE |
ca. 3000 B.C. |
Fully established towns; fully established metallurgy; long distance trade in raw materials with specialized sources; return trade in manufactured goods (?); appearance of writing systems. |
Yahya, Bampur, Shahr-i Sokhta, lblis; Sousa, Ghazni; Nokhodl, Glyan, Godin |
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LATER BRONZE |
ca. 2000 B.C. |
Local pottery traditions; beginning of the movement of gray pottery wares from north-east Iran toward the west and northwest; major urban centers of Elamite civilization; written records in Elamite language using cuneiform. |
Susa, Haft, Choga Zambil; Godin, Glyan. Baba Jan; Djamshldi, Bad Flora; Yanik, Goy, Hasanlu, Dinkha; Marlin, Tureng, Shah, Yarlm |
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IRON I |
ca. 1350 B.C |
Establishment of gray-ware tradition in the west; development of local pottery assemblages; shift to painted and buff wares; introduction of iron; appearance of appearance of monumental columned hall architecture. Luristan Bronzes. |
Marlin, Hasanlu Godin, Baba Jan Nush-l Jan |
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IRON II |
ca.1100 B.C |
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Marlin, Hasanlu |
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IRON III |
ca. 800 B.C. |
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Godin, Baba Jan, Nush-l Jan |
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