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The development of Neolithic pottery technology in Eastern Jazira and the Zagros Mountains
Author(s) -
Natalia Petrova
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
documenta praehistorica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1854-2492
pISSN - 1408-967X
DOI - 10.4312/dp.46.8
Subject(s) - pottery , archaeology , period (music) , geography , ancient history , geology , history , art , aesthetics
The origins of pottery technology in Eastern Jazira and the Zagros Mountains can be seen as a process of several stages, from unfired clay and plaster vessels to the fully ceramic technologies of the Proto-Hassuna period. This paper reviews this process and presents a technological analysis of Proto-Hassuna ceramics to investigate the relationships between the pottery traditions at sites in Eastern Jazira and the western part of the Zagros Mountains.