Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Deh Luran Plain
Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Deh Luran Plain

Author: Frank Hole

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1949098478

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In the early 1960s, archaeologists Frank Hole, Kent V. Flannery, and James A. Neely surveyed the prehistoric mounds in Deh Luran and then excavated at two sites: Ali Kosh and Tepe Sabz. The researchers found evidence that the sites dated to between 7500 and 3500 BC, during which time the residents domesticated plants and animals. This volume, published in 1969, was the first in the Museum’s Memoir series—designed for data-rich, heavily illustrated archaeological monographs.

Cueva Blanca
Cueva Blanca

Author: Kent V. Flannery

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0915703912

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Cueva Blanca lies in a volcanic tuff cliff some 4 km northwest of Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is one of a series of Archaic sites excavated by Kent Flannery and Frank Hole as part of a project on the prehistory and human ecology of the Valley of Oaxaca. The oldest stratigraphic level in Cueva Blanca yielded Late Pleistocene fauna, including some species no longer present in southern Mexico. The second oldest level, Zone E, produced Early Archaic material with calibrated dates as old as 11,000–10,000 BC . Zones D and C provided a rich Late Archaic assemblage whose closest ties are with the Abejas phase of Puebla’s Tehuacán Valley (fourth millennium BC). Spatial analyses undertaken on the Archaic living floors include (1) the drawing of density contours for tools and animal bones; (2) a search for Archaic tool kits using rank-order and cluster analysis; and (3) an attempt to define Binfordian “drop zones” using an approach drawn from computer vision.

Elamite and Achaemenid Settlement on the Deh Luran Plain
Elamite and Achaemenid Settlement on the Deh Luran Plain

Author: Henry T. Wright

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0915703726

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The Deh Luran Plain, nestled in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains close to the modern border between Iraq and Iran, had a long and rich prehistory, beginning with the local development of villages dependent upon rainfall farming and herding in the 8th millennium BC. This volume continues the account of the plain from the later 3rd millennium BC to the middle of the 1st millennium BC. It contains detailed site maps and descriptions, aerial and satellite images of major sites, statistics and drawings of ceramics, and discussions of the historical sources.

Excavation at San José Mogote 1
Excavation at San José Mogote 1

Author: Kent V. Flannery

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13:

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"Excavations at San José Mogote 2: The Cognitive Archaeology (2015) deals with every building and feature that can shed light on indigenous ritual, religion, and political ideology. Filling 432 pages and utilizing more than 400 photographs and line drawings, this book describes in detail more than 35 public buildings, including men’s houses, one-room temples, a performance platform, two-room state temples, a ballcourt, and two types of palaces. These new empirical data allow the authors to reconstruct the evolution of complex Zapotec state religion from the simpler ritual features and buildings of Oaxaca’s earliest sedentary communities. Many basic concepts of indigenous belief endured for thousands of years, but dramatic innovations signaled the periodic transformation of Zapotec religion to keep up with changes in society and politics."--

The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Margiana Lowlands
The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Margiana Lowlands

Author: Iminzhan Suleĭmanovich Masimov

Publisher: BAR International Series

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13:

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Volume II in the series on The Archaeological Map of the Murghab Delta focuses on The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the Margiana Lowlands. After an exposition of the methods employed in the survey of such a vast area (over 20,000 square km), chapters review settlement patterns and cultural variability, and include reports on unpublished stamp and cylinder seals, on recent excavations, and on ceramic production and iron working.