Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BC
Many potteries have been discovered from excavations and a surface survey at Shahdad, but few works have beendone to examine craft specialization in pottery production at this important site. Different types of potteries, some ofwhich bearing potter marks demonstrate that craftsmen of the site had i...
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| author | Hasan Fazeli Nashli Fariba Mosapour Negari Bahman Firoozmandi Shirejin |
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| description | Many potteries have been discovered from excavations and a surface survey at Shahdad, but few works have beendone to examine craft specialization in pottery production at this important site. Different types of potteries, some ofwhich bearing potter marks demonstrate that craftsmen of the site had involved in manufacturing of centralized potteryproduction. A number of kilns and many waste of pottery could also support the above idea.Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine why of pottery manufacturing at Shahdad, which could be considered ascraft quarter for pottery production. It seems that pottery production at Shahdad had been affected by its environmentalconditions. This interaction between craftsmen and environment caused for manufacturing of special types of potteries atShahdad. It is necessary to state that this interaction has also caused for standardization in pottery production at the siteduring the third millennium BC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6247ff8a57584ace8a6e6732828fe5472023-02-17T05:54:28ZengArchaeological Sciences Research Centre, University of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies2251-743X2676-29192012-03-0122839310.22111/ijas.2014.15241524Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BCHasan Fazeli Nashli0Fariba Mosapour Negari1Bahman Firoozmandi Shirejin2Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranDepartment of Archaeology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IranDepartment of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranMany potteries have been discovered from excavations and a surface survey at Shahdad, but few works have beendone to examine craft specialization in pottery production at this important site. Different types of potteries, some ofwhich bearing potter marks demonstrate that craftsmen of the site had involved in manufacturing of centralized potteryproduction. A number of kilns and many waste of pottery could also support the above idea.Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine why of pottery manufacturing at Shahdad, which could be considered ascraft quarter for pottery production. It seems that pottery production at Shahdad had been affected by its environmentalconditions. This interaction between craftsmen and environment caused for manufacturing of special types of potteries atShahdad. It is necessary to state that this interaction has also caused for standardization in pottery production at the siteduring the third millennium BC.https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_1524_c7de43fbb6bf78a1a39a40ea29cabce5.pdfcraft specializationpottery productionshahdadbronze age |
| spellingShingle | Hasan Fazeli Nashli Fariba Mosapour Negari Bahman Firoozmandi Shirejin Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BC Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies craft specialization pottery production shahdad bronze age |
| title | Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BC |
| title_full | Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BC |
| title_fullStr | Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BC |
| title_full_unstemmed | Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BC |
| title_short | Craft Specialization at Shahdad: Pottery Production During the Third Millennium BC |
| title_sort | craft specialization at shahdad pottery production during the third millennium bc |
| topic | craft specialization pottery production shahdad bronze age |
| url | https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_1524_c7de43fbb6bf78a1a39a40ea29cabce5.pdf |
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