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Mamasani in the Fourth Millennium BC

Cameron A Petrie, Alireza Sardari, Rachel Ballantyne, Manuel Berberian, Carla Lancelotti, Marjan Mashkour, Bernadette McCall, Daniel T Potts, Lloyd Weeks

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Abstract

The south-west has long held a prominent place in our understanding of the archaeology of ancient Iran. Knowledge of the late prehistory of this large region has been dominated by the research undertaken at archaeological sites situated in what are in effect its two geographical extremes: the lowland plains of Susiana (particularly the site of Susa) in Khuzestan at one end, and the extensive highland valley known as the Kur River Basin (particularly the site of Tal-e Malyan/Anshan) in Fars at the other (e.g. Carter and Stolper 1984; Potts 1999; Wright, this volume; Alden, this volume). From at least as early as the sixth millennium BC, the lowland and highland regions of south-west Iran witnessed cultural contacts of varying nature and intensity. Building on an understanding of the ancient state of Elam in the later third and second millennia Be, Pierre Amiet (1979) proposed that the intensity of highland-lowland interactions could be correlated with the changing fortunes of the lowland capital of Susa.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAncient Iran and Its Neighbours: Local Developments and Long-Range Interactions in the Fourth Millennium BC
EditorsCameron A Petrie
Place of PublicationOxford, United Kingdom
PublisherOxbow Books
Pages171-194
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781782972273
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Publication series

NameBritish Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monographs Series
NumberIII

Keywords

  • Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas

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