Cemetery of Dowl Pahn and the Pottery of Susa IVA-IIIB

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Khodakaram Mazaheri ¹ (Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad university, Ilam Branch, Ilam, Iran.)

Received: 2023-07-10 Accepted : 2023-07-10 Published : 2011-02-20

Keywords: central Zagros, Cemetery of Dowl Pahn, Seymareh valley, Susa IVA-IIIB, Early Bronze Age,

Abstract :

The First mid of third millennium BC is one of the main archaeological periods in central Zagros that nevertheless lack and dispersion of archaeological documents (special in central Lorestan), depth change and culture evolutions happen in this period. In this study, we have studied, compared, analyzed and identified the species of gathered finds during archeological surveys on Cemetery of Dowl Pahn. This place is a cemetery connected with nomadism settlements which is located in the near of Dareh-Shahr, one of towns in Ilam province. Study of gathered ceramic fragments during archeological surveys on Cemetery of Dowl Pahn indicates that in southern districts of western pish-i kouh, pottery tradition Susa IIIB-IIIC was dominated before formation of the monochrome painted pottery tradition of Godin III6/Susa IVA. Found documents of cemeteries like Dowl Pahn and Mirvali indicates the influence of Proto-Elamite culture in southern valleys of centeral Zagros. It seems that monochrome painted pottery tradition before spread in Susa IVA/Godin III6 period in different districts of central Zagros had been spread in some southern districts of this area.