- Acknowledgments
- I. The Tepe Yahya Project, 1967–1975 [C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky]
- II. The Site [Thomas Wight Beale]
- Chronological/Ceramic Parallels with Other Excavated Sites on the Iranian Plateau
- The Excavations
- Method of Analysis
- III. The Geographical and Paleoenvironmental Setting of Tepe Yahya [Richard H. Meadow]
- Setting and Climate
- Modern Vegetation Patterns
- The Pollen Record
- The Paleoethnobotanical Record
- Agriculture
- Modern and Ancient Fauna
- IV. The Ceramics [Thomas Wight Beale]
- Summary of Ceramic Types
- Chaff-Tempered Coarse Ware
- Chaff-Tempered Coarse Ware, North Side
- Soghun Ware
- 1. Soghun Plain Ware
- 2. Soghun Mottled Purple Ware
- 3. Soghun Red-Painted Ware
- 4. Soghun Bichrome Ware
- 5. Soghun Ware, North Side
- Lapui Ware
- Lapui Ware, North Side
- Black-on-Buff Ware
- 1. Necked, Globular Jars
- 2. Carinated Bowls with Flat Bases
- 3. Open Bowls with Ring Bases
- 4. Beakers
- 5. Unusual Examples of Black-on-Buff Ware
- 6. Yahya Black-on-Buff Ware, North Side
- Black-on-Red Ware
- 1. Necked Jars
- 2. Hole-Mouth Jars
- 3. Open Bowls with Flat Bases
- 4. Beakers
- 5. Yahya Black-on-Red Ware, North Side
- Plain Coarse Ware
- Plain Coarse Ware, North Side
- Black-on-Smooth Buff Ware
- Black-on-Smooth Buff Ware, North Side
- Bichrome Smooth Buff Ware
- Black-on-Fine Orange Ware
- Black-on-Fine Orange Ware, North Side
- Ceramic Parallels with Other Sites
- 1. Tal-i Iblis
- 2. Tal-i Bakun B and Tal-i Gap
- 3. Other Excavations and Survey Work in the Marv Dasht Plain
- 4. Sabz, Djowi, Bendebal, Djaffarabad, and Behbehan-Zureh Survey
- 5. Tepe Stalk
- 6. Chain Husaini, Tump-i Surkh, Tepe Nurabad, Tepe Langar, Site Q1
- 7. Miscellaneous Parallels
- 8. Summary of Ceramic Parallels with Other Sites
- V. The Production Technology of Earthenware Ceramics, 4900–2800 B.C. [Pamela Vandiver]
- Methods of Investigation
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Note: Sequential Slab Construction [C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky]
- VI. The Architecture [Thomas Wight Beale]
- Period VIID Settlement
- Period VIID Strata and Features
- Period VIIC Settlement
- 1. Period VIIC, Phase 2 Features
- 2. Period VIIC, Phase 1 Features
- Period VIIB Settlement
- 1. Period VIIB, Phase 6 Features
- 2. Period VIIB, Phase 5 Features
- 3. Period VIIB, Phase 4 Features
- 4. Period VIIB, Phase 3 Features
- 5. Period VIIB, Phase 2 Features
- 6. Period VIIB, Phase 1 Features
- Period VIIA Settlement
- Period VIIA Features
- Period VIB Settlement
- 1. Period VIB, Phase 2 Features
- 2. Period VIB, Phase 1 Features
- Period VIA Settlement
- Period VIA Features
- Period VC Settlement
- Period VC Features
- Period VB Settlement
- Period VA Settlement
- 1. Period VA, Phase 2
- 2. Period VA, Phase 1
- Period N-VII Settlement
- Period N-VB Settlement
- Period N-VA.4 Settlement
- Period N-VA.3 Settlement
- Period N-VA.2 Settlement
- Period N-VA.1 Settlement
- Architectural Parallels with Other Sites
- 1. Tal-i Iblis
- 2. Tepe Sialk
- 3. Tal-i Bakun B and Tal-i Gap
- 4. The Use of Thumb-Impressed Bricks at Other Sites
- 5. Summary of Architecture and Parallels with Other Sites
- Period VIID Settlement
- VII. The Small Finds [Thomas Wight Beale]
- Ornaments
- 1. Beads
- 2. Necklaces
- 3. Pendants
- 4. Unworked Shells
- 5. Two-Hole Objects, Problably Ornaments
- 6. Labrets
- 7. Bracelets
- 8. Ring or Bead
- 9. Pins, Needles
- 10. Stamp Seals
- 11. Button
- 12. Decorated Disc
- 13. Ochre Stones
- Stone Tools and Implements
- 1. Obsidian Tools
- 2. Weights
- 3. Whetstones
- 4. “Shaft Straighteners”
- 5. Mortars
- 6. Handstones
- 7. Hammer Stones or “Pestles”
- 8. Axes or Cells
- Other Tools and Implements
- 1. Perforated Square Sherds, Probably Spindle Whorls
- 2. Perforated Discs, Probably Spindle Whorls
- 3. Awls
- 4. Sickle or Knife Handles
- 5. Styli (?)
- 6. Spatulas
- 7. Fork
- 8. Tacks or Nails
- Stone Vessels
- 1. Stone Vessels
- 2. Stone Vessel Handles
- Possible Counting Devices
- Balls, Pellets
- Cones
- Clay Pyramid
- Discs
- Clay Pegs or Cylinders
- Lenticular-Shaped Object or “Sling Missile”
- Probably Ornaments
- Miscellaneous Artifact Types
- 1. Human Figurines, Animal Figurines
- 2. “Toy Wheels”
- 3. Copper Ingot
- 4. Debitage
- Note: Textile Impressions from Tepe Langar [James M. Adovasio and C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky]
- Ornaments
- VIII. Metallurgical Technology [Dennis Heskel and C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky]
- Note: Examination of Copper Alloy Tools from Tepe Yahya [Ronald F. Tylecote and Hugh McKerrell]
- IX. Settlement during the Early Periods [Martha Prickett]
- Sogihun Valley Settlement
- 1. Site Numbers and Total Occupation Areas
- 2. Individual Site Sizes
- 3. Site Locations
- Shah Maran-Daulatabad Basin Settlement
- 1. Site Numbers and Total Occupation Areas
- 2. Individual Site Sizes
- 3. Site Locations
- Regional Settlement
- Agricutural Technology
- 1. Artifacts
- 2. Food Remains
- 3. Irrigation Potential of Site Locations
- 4. Terraced Field System
- Appendix 9.A: Occupation Periods of Sites with Early Period Components
- Sogihun Valley Settlement
- X. Summary of Change and Development in the Early Periods at Tepe Yahya, 4900–3300 B.C. [Thomas Wight Beale and C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky]
- The Nature of Change in the Early Periods at Tepe Yahya
- 1. Architectural Changes
- 2. Ceramic Changes
- 3. Changes in Small Finds
- 4. Changes in Population/Demography
- A Model of Change and Development at Tepe Yahya, 4900–3300 B.C.
- Changing Economic and Social Organization: Cause or Effect of Other Changes?
- The Nature of Change at Tepe Yahya: Receptivity to Change and Innovation, Rates of Change, and Unanticipated Results
- The Nature of Change in the Early Periods at Tepe Yahya
- XI. Tepe Yahya in the Context of a Wider Core-Periphery Interaction Sphere in the Fifth and Fourth Millennia B.C. [C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky and Thomas Wight Beale]
- Period VII (4900–3900 B.C.)
- Period VI–VC (3900–3700 B.C.)
- Period VB–VA (3700–3300 B.C.)
- The Collapse and Abandonment at the End of Period VA
- Appendix A: Brick Sizes
- Appendix B: Small Finds List
- Appendix C: Context List
- Bibliography
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH BULLETINS

American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletins 38
Excavations at Tepe Yahya, Iran, 1967-1975, Volume I: The Early Periods
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