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The Proto-Elamite settlement of Tepe Yahya

Iran9 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 87-96

By: Lamberg-Karlovsky, C. C..

Abstract
This is a study of the Proto-Elamite settlement at Tepe Yahya located in the Kirman Province of Iran. This site was chosen because it provides '…the archaeological setting of the Proto-Elamite tablets, cylinder and stamp seals, ceramics, steatite, their architectural association, and their implication to general chronological and culture historical reconstuctions' (p. 87). A number of text figures and plates depict the various artifacts and structures noted above.
Subjects
Writing
Ceramic technology
Dwellings
Utensils
Property in movables
Chronologies and culture sequences
tradition
Iranian Bronze Age
Region
Middle East
Sub Region
Middle East
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Notes
by C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
LCCN
64009404
LCSH
Bronze age--Iran