TY - JOUR
T1 - The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the central Zagros: an 11,500 year-old communal structure at Asiab
AU - Richter, Tobias
AU - Darabi, Hojjat
AU - Alibaigi, Sajjad
AU - Otaegui, Amaia Arranz
AU - Bangsgaard, Pernille
AU - Khosravi, Shouku
AU - Maher, Lisa
AU - Mortensen, Peder
AU - Pedersen, Patrick Nørskov
AU - Roe, Joe
AU - Yeomans, Lisa
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principle feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavations, highlight the key features of this building, and the implications for our understanding of the early Neolithic in the ‘eastern wing’ of the Fertile Crescent.
AB - Communal buildings have been reported from a number of early Neolithic sites from the Levant and Anatolia, but none were known from the central Zagros. Here we report on the recent excavations at Asiab, Kermanshah province, Iran, and argue that the principle feature found during Robert Braidwood’s excavation at the site in 1960 should be interpreted as an example of a communal building. We discuss the results of the previous and recent excavations, highlight the key features of this building, and the implications for our understanding of the early Neolithic in the ‘eastern wing’ of the Fertile Crescent.
U2 - 10.1111/ojoa.12213
DO - 10.1111/ojoa.12213
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 2
EP - 22
JO - Oxford Journal of Archaeology
JF - Oxford Journal of Archaeology
SN - 0262-5253
IS - 1
ER -