The Archaeology of Khorramabad Valley during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Period

In present discussion, it has been tried to provide a new chronology of Chalcolithic Period in Khorramabad Valley based on previous researches, theories, the results of recent explorations and also by collecting potsherds from our visited sites. For the first time the Neolithic era was introduced according to the cultural materials from the visited sites as the Roahol phase. Additionally, based on Elizabeth Henrickson’s classification and Frank Hole and some editions on it, the Chalcolithic period has been divided into three sub-eras such as Early Chalcolithic (Bagh-e No phase), Middle Chalcolithic (Daraei phase) and Late Chalcolithic (Ghamari, Konji and Masour phases). However, a new chronology has been carried out for each of the mentioned phases from the C14 dating, pottery analysis, regional and trans-regional chronologies. In present discussion, it has been tried to provide a new chronology of Chalcolithic Period in Khorramabad Valley based on previous researches, theories, the results of recent explorations and also by collecting potsherds from our visited sites. For the first time the Neolithic era was introduced according to the cultural materials from the visited sites as the Roahol phase. Additionally, based on Elizabeth Henrickson’s classification and Frank Hole and some editions on it, the Chalcolithic period has been divided into three sub-eras such as Early Chalcolithic (Bagh-e No phase), Middle Chalcolithic (Daraei phase) and Late Chalcolithic (Ghamari, Konji and Masour phases). However, a new chronology has been carried out for each of the mentioned phases from the C14 dating, pottery analysis, regional and trans-regional chronologies. In present discussion, it has been tried to provide a new chronology of Chalcolithic Period in Khorramabad Valley based on previous researches, theories, the results of recent explorations and also by collecting potsherds from our visited sites. For the first time the Neolithic era was introduced according to the cultural materials from the visited sites as the Roahol phase. Additionally, based on Elizabeth Henrickson’s classification and Frank Hole and some editions on it, the Chalcolithic period has been divided into three sub-eras such as Early Chalcolithic (Bagh-e No phase), Middle Chalcolithic (Daraei phase) and Late Chalcolithic (Ghamari, Konji and Masour phases). However, a new chronology has been carried out for each of the mentioned phases from the C14 dating, pottery analysis, regional and trans-regional chronologies. In present discussion, it has been tried to provide a new chronology of Chalcolithic Period in Khorramabad Valley based on previous researches, theories, the results of recent explorations and also by collecting potsherds from our visited sites. For the first time the Neolithic era was introduced according to the cultural materials from the visited sites as the Roahol phase. Additionally, based on Elizabeth Henrickson’s classification and Frank Hole and some editions on it, the Chalcolithic period has been divided into three sub-eras such as Early Chalcolithic (Bagh-e No phase), Middle Chalcolithic (Daraei phase) and Late Chalcolithic (Ghamari, Konji and Masour phases). However, a new chronology has been carried out for each of the mentioned phases from the C14 dating, pottery analysis, regional and trans-regional chronologies. In present discussion, it has been tried to provide a new chronology of Chalcolithic Period in Khorramabad Valley based on previous researches, theories, the results of recent explorations and also by collecting potsherds from our visited sites. For the first time the Neolithic era was introduced according to the cultural materials from the visited sites as the Roahol phase. Additionally, based on Elizabeth Henrickson’s classification and Frank Hole and some editions on it, the Chalcolithic period has been divided into three sub-eras such as Early Chalcolithic (Bagh-e No phase), Middle Chalcolithic (Daraei phase) and Late Chalcolithic (Ghamari, Konji and Masour phases). However, a new chronology has been carried out for each of the mentioned phases from the C14 dating, pottery analysis, regional and trans-regional chronologies.