Typology of the Pottery Vessels of the JeyranTappe Cemetery of Jezlandasht

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Leila Gargari ¹ , Hamidreza Valipour ² , Behnam Ghanbari ³

1 - Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar branch, Abhar
2 - Department of Archaeological Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran
3 - Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Abhar branch, Abhar

Received: 2023-04-05 Accepted : 2023-04-05 Published : 2016-08-22

Keywords: cemetery, Iron age, pottery, Burial, Jeyran Tappe of Jezlandasht, Typological Comparison,

Abstract :

JeyranTappe Cemetery of Jezlandasht is located in Zanjan province, Tarom city, near the village of Jezlandashht. As a result of two exploratory excavations in this cemetery, valuable findings were obtained regarding to Iron Age. These findings reflect the burial tradition in the cemetery, including jewelry, weapons and pottery. Although only 8 graves have been explored in this cemetery, the variety of pottery related to their form is significant. Generally, 44 intact potteries were collected from JeyranTappeh Hills, which were classified into 13 species based on shape and form. These species include pots, cups, bowls, saucers, pots, jars, small containers with rounded bodies and flat floor, glasses, pots and tubular containers. Some of these species are divided in to sub-species. These containers are brown, gray, black, and mostly wheel maker. In terms of the number and quality of gray potteries, they have a higher number and quality than other pottery. Based on the study and comparison of the pottery, there are similarities between this site and the sites such as Godin, Dilman, Hasanlu, Gholi Darvish, Khorvin, Pardis, Gui Tappe, Dinkhah, Haphtvan, Hassan Bolaghi Cemetery in Zanjan Province and many other sites related to Iron Age. There are the most similarities between this site and other Iron Ages cemeteries such as Marlic, Ghale Coti and Dilaman. It is most similar to the Gilan Iron Age cemeteries, such as Marlik, Qaleh Kuti and Dilman. Based on all this information it can be said that JeyranTappe is related to Iron Age II. Based on the information obtained from the potteries it may be said that this cemetery was used in Iron Age II period.