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phd student archeology, pre-history of Iran, University of mazandaran,
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Bachelor of Archeology at Zabul University
10.22034/iaej.2024.14377.1095
Abstract
Sistan is a vast land in the southeast of the Iranian plateau, where Lake Hamoon and the Helmand River are the most significant factors in the formation of the ancient civilization in this region. The ancient site of Shahr-i Sokhta is more than 150 hectares and is one of the largest bronze settlements in Iran. The settlement in this area has been continuous in 3200 to 2000 BC. It has four settlement periods that started from the first period, reached the peak of urbanization in the second period, and began to decline from the third period. It was abandoned at the end of the fourth period. Art, in its common prehistoric sense, finds an independent and regional identity during the second and third periods of Shahr-i Sokhta. One of the cultural and artistic manifestations of this period is pottery. It has a special place both in form and decoration. The pottery contains many ideas and insights of the people of that period towards the world around them. Sistan Bronze Age pottery decorations that are also interpreted as the ceramics of Shahr-i Sokhta have a variety of motifs. Pottery motifs in a general category are divided into geometric, plant, animal, and human motifs. In this study, the authors discuss the animal motifs of Sistan Bronze Age ceramics. In this research, which is based on the data obtained from documentary studies, we used a descriptive-comparative method. The results of studies indicate that although the attention to animal motifs in the Bronze Age of Sistan is less than geometric and plant motifs, the variety in the designs and specific concepts are among the features of this type of motifs.
Mahjoub,Z. and vadi,M. (2024). A comparative study of animal motifs of bronze age pottery of Sistan plain. (e11588). Journal of Iran's Pre Islamic Archaeological Essays, 8(2), e11588 doi: 10.22034/iaej.2024.14377.1095
MLA
Mahjoub,Z. , and vadi,M. . "A comparative study of animal motifs of bronze age pottery of Sistan plain" .e11588 , Journal of Iran's Pre Islamic Archaeological Essays, 8, 2, 2024, e11588. doi: 10.22034/iaej.2024.14377.1095
HARVARD
Mahjoub Z., vadi M. (2024). 'A comparative study of animal motifs of bronze age pottery of Sistan plain', Journal of Iran's Pre Islamic Archaeological Essays, 8(2), e11588. doi: 10.22034/iaej.2024.14377.1095
CHICAGO
Z. Mahjoub and M. vadi, "A comparative study of animal motifs of bronze age pottery of Sistan plain," Journal of Iran's Pre Islamic Archaeological Essays, 8 2 (2024): e11588, doi: 10.22034/iaej.2024.14377.1095
VANCOUVER
Mahjoub Z., vadi M. A comparative study of animal motifs of bronze age pottery of Sistan plain. Journal of Iran's Pre Islamic Archaeological Essays, 2024; 8(2): e11588. doi: 10.22034/iaej.2024.14377.1095