Revisision of Geographical Scope of Godin III Pottery Sequence in Centeral Zagros

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

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

Received: 2023-07-08 Accepted : 2023-07-08 Published : 2013-08-23

Keywords: central Zagros, Bronze Age, monochrome painted pottery, Godin III, geographical scope,

Abstract :

Monochrome painted pottery tradition of Godin III is one of the most important pottery traditions in Bronze age of Iran that continue more than one millennium and cover throughout of west and southwest of Iran geographical scope. In this study that had done with aim of study of the  geographical scope of consecutive stages of Godin III  pottery tradition, we distinguished that this kind of pottery tradition in beginning of its appearance and simultaneous with Godin III:6 /  Susa IVA, spread in throughout central Zagros geographical scope, as in this phase, have the most spread area of distribution, moreover this phase pottery have clear relations with contemporary monochrome painted pottery tradition in Fars area, from methodology point. In other hand, a small quantity of this phase pottery was fund in Al–Hiba, ancient Lagash. We face with different situation, after end of the Godin III:6 phase. In the northern districts of distribution domain including the east of the Kuh-i Garin, eastern Pish-i Kuh and about western Pish-i Kuh, the continuous stages of the pottery tradition of Godin III, without dealing with any specific problem, have gone on until the end of this period. However, southern districts which include Pusht-i Kuh, Khuzestan and some of southern Pish-i Kuh valleys, faced different situation, so that during each of Godin's III phases in southern districts dealt with specific situation.