Excavations at the Prehistoric Mound of Chogha Bonut, Khuzestan, Iran - Seasons 1976/77, 1977/78, and 1996

Lowland Susiana, in the modern-day province of Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, was a major contributor to the cultural development of the ancient Near East. Thanks to more than a century of archaeological investigation, Susiana is also comparatively the best known region in the entire area. Excavations at numerous sites, but primarily at Susa and Chogha Mish (OIP 101), in Susiana provided a long sequence of archaeological phases that span some 8,000 years, from early prehistoric times to the early Islamic period. The initial phases of the colonization of Susiana by early farmers, however, remained unknown until a series of excavations at Chogha Bonut pushed the earliest period of occupation of Susiana to the aceramic phase, ca. 7200 BC. The present publication presents and analyzes the results of three seasons of excavations at Chogha Bonut.

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by Abbas Alizadeh

Summary

The results of three seasons of excavations at Chogha Bonut, Lowland Susiana, in the modern-day province of Khuzestan, southwestern Iran. Susiana was a major contributor to the cultural development of the ancient Near East, and thanks to more than a century of archaeological investigation, it is also the best known region in the entire area.

Product details

• Authors: Abbas Alizadeh, Abbas Alizadeh
• Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.2017
• EAN: 9781885923233
• ISBN: 978-1-885923-23-3
• No. of pages: 158
• Weight: 1200 g
• Series: Oriental Institute Publications; Oriental Institute Publication; Oriental Institute Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity