ABSTRACT

In the last two decades, the Varamin Plain to the southeast of Tehran has been the focus of intensified archaeological work, with surveys and excavations yielding new insights into the region’s settlement history. New material from the dynamic network of Chalcolithic sites on the Jajrud alluvial fan now offers a more solid basis to assess the links between the Varamin Plain and the site of Tappeh Sialk in the Kashan Plain, which still remains a reference point for this period. In this paper, we use painted pottery to examine the dating and relationships of the settlements of Ahmadabad-e Kuzehgaran and Chaltasian on the Varamin Plain to Tappeh Sialk. Based on an in-depth quantitative analysis of motif assemblages at the three sites, we evaluate contemporaneities as well as stylistic similarities and differences. We highlight both shared temporal trends and regional specificities.

摘要

在过去的二十年里，德黑兰东南部的瓦拉明平原一直是加强考古工作的重点，调查和挖掘为该地区的定居历史提供了新的见解。来自 Jajrud 冲积扇上铜石遗址动态网络的新材料现在为评估 Varamin 平原与 Kashan 平原的 Tappeh Sialk 遗址之间的联系提供了更坚实的基础，这仍然是这一时期的参考点。在本文中，我们使用彩绘陶器来研究 Ahmadabad-e Kuzehgaran 和 Chaltasian 在 Varamin 平原上的定居点到 Tappeh Sialk 的年代和关系。基于对三个地点的主题组合的深入定量分析，我们评估了同时代性以及风格上的异同。