The earliest neolithic of Iran : 2008 excavations at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani / edited by Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews and Yaghoub Mohammadifar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Roger, Dr., author, editor.

Matthews, Wendy, Dr., author, editor.

Muḥammadīʹfar, Yaʻqūb, 1970 or 1971- author, editor.

Series:

British Institute of Persian Studies archaeological monographs series ; 4.

CZAP reports ; v. 1.

British Institute of Persian Studies archaeological monographs series ; IV

CZAP reports ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Iran.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Neolithic period.

Iran.

Neolithic period--Iran--Kirmānshāhān (Province).

Sheikh-e Abad Site (Iran).

Jani Site (Iran).

Iran--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Iran--Kirmānshāh (Province).

Physical Description:

xiv, 249 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 30 cm + CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

2008 excavations at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani

Two thousand and eight excavations at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani

Central Zagros Archaeological Project

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, [2013]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2013]

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying disc: PC or compatible.

text file

Contents:

From hunter-forager to farmer-herder in the central Zagros : research context, issues, and methods / Roger Matthews, Yaghoub Mohammadifar and Wendy Matthews

Contexts of neolithic interaction : geography, palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment of the central Zagros / Wendy Matthews

A survey of caves and rock-shelters in the Kurtavij region / Abbass Motarjem

Excavations, surface collection, and geophysics at Sheikh-e Abad / Roger Matthews, Yaghoub Mohammadifar, Wendy Matthews, Timothy Astin, Garrard Cole, Hojjat Darabi, Mehdi Daryaie, Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken, Lisa-Marie Shillito and Helen Taylor

Section investigations at Jani / Wendy Matthews, Abbass Motarjem, Roger Matthews and Yaghoub Mohammadifar

Radiocarbon dating of Sheikh-e Abad and Jani / Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews and Amy Richardson

Investigating early neolithic materials, ecology and sedentism : micromorphology and microstratigraphy / Wendy Matthews, with contributions from Lisa-Marie Shillito and Sarah Elliott

Biomolecular investigations of faecal biomarkers at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani / Lisa-Marie Shillito, Wendy Matthews, Ian Bull and James Williams

Preliminary techno-typological analysis of chipped stone materials from Sheikh-e Abad / Hamed Vahdati Nasab, Mozhgan Jayez, Hamid Reza Qorbani, Hojjat Darabi and Helen Taylor

Post-neolithic pottery from Sheikh-e Abad / Yaghoub Mohammadifar

Material networks of the neolithic at Sheikh-e Abad : objects of bone, stone and clay / Garrard Cole, Roger Matthews and Amy Richardson.

Zooarchaeology : preliminary assessment of the animal bones / Robin Bendrey, Garrard Cole and Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken

Isotope analysis of animal bone / Gundula Müldner

Human burials / Garrard Cole

The plant macrofossil evidence from Sheikh-e Abad : first impressions / Jade Whitlam, Hengameh Ilkhani, Amy Bogaard and Mike Charles

Phytolith indicators of plant resource use at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani / Lisa-Marie Shillito and Sarah Elliott

Molluscs from Sheikh-e Abad and Jani / Lisa-Marie Shillito, with contributions from Janet Ridout-Sharpe and Martin Bell

Heavy residue analysis from Sheikh-e Abad / Helen R.S. Williams

Site management and local impact at Sheikh-e Abad / Michael Seymour

Networks of neolithic engagement / Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews and Yaghoub Mohammadifar.

Notes:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains a selection of colour images from the volume.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249).

Other Format:

Online version: Earliest neolithic of Iran

ISBN:

9781782972235

1782972234

OCLC:

861120038