Pottery Making and Communities During the 5th Millennium BCE in Fars Province, Southwestern Iran

By (author) Takehiro Miki

Book cover: Pottery Making and Communities During the 5th Millennium BCE in Fars Province, Southwestern Iran

Extent: 462 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2022)

ISBN: 9781803270586

8.07 x 11.42 inches

Price: $92.00

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This book explores pottery making and communities during the Bakun period (c. 5000 – 4000 BCE) in the Kur River Basin, Fars province, southwestern Iran, through the analysis of ceramic materials collected at Tall-e Jari A, Tall-e Gap, and Tall-e Bakun A & B.


This book explores pottery making and communities during the Bakun period (c. 5000 – 4000 BCE) in the Kur River Basin, Fars province, southwestern Iran, through the analysis of ceramic materials collected at Tall-e Jari A, Tall-e Gap, and Tall-e Bakun A & B. Firstly, it reconsiders the stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates of the four sites by reviewing the descriptions of excavation trenches, then presents a new chronological relationship between the sites. The book sets out diachronic changes in the the Bakun pottery quantitatively, namely the increase of black-on-buff ware and the gradual shift of vessel forms. It also presents analyses of pottery-making techniques, painting skills, petrography, and geochemistry and clarifies minor changes in the chai^nes ope’ratoires and major changes in painting skill. Finally, the book discusses the organisation of pottery production from a relational perspective. It concludes that the more fixed community of pottery making imposed longer apprenticeship periods and that social inequality also increased.

Preface Part I: Introduction and raising research questions Chapter 1: Introduction Part II: Reviewing previous studies and presenting theoretical frameworks and methodology Chapter 2: Previous Studies Chapter 3: The theoretical framework for craft-production studies Chapter 4: Methodology Part III: Analyses Chapter 5: Chronological relations of the Bakun-period sites Chapter 6: Materials and analyses of wares, vessel forms, and design structures Chapter 7: Analysis of pottery-making techniques Part IV: Discussion and conclusion Chapter 8: Discussion: reassembling the organisation of pottery production Chapter 9: Conclusion Bibliography Appendix, Preface ;

Part I: Introduction and raising research questions Part II: Reviewing previous studies and presenting theoretical frameworks and methodology Part III: Analyses Part IV: Discussion and conclusion Bibliography ;

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  • By (author) Takehiro Miki

'There is no question that this book introduces in specific a major modern treatment of the Bakun painted pottery, and in general a new and detailed approach in dealing with a totality of pottery production that includes people and other materials in the process.' – Abbas Alizadeh (2023): Journal of Near Eastern Studies

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