Dalma or Non-Dalma: Evaluation of the Ceramic Assemblages Attributed to the Dalma Culture.

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Název: Dalma or Non-Dalma: Evaluation of the Ceramic Assemblages Attributed to the Dalma Culture.
Alternate Title: ارزیابی مجموعه سفالهای منسوب به فرهنگ دالما. (Persian)
Autoři: Bahranipoor, Hanan
Zdroj: Archaeological Research of Iran / Pazhoheshha-ye Bastan Shenasi Iran; 2025, Vol. 15 Issue 45, p51-89, 39p
Témata: ARCHAEOLOGY, CERAMICS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations, ARCHAEOLOGICAL cultures, CERAMIC engineering, HISTORICAL analysis, MATERIAL culture
Geografický termín: ZAGROS Mountains (Iran & Iraq)
Abstract (English): During the past two decades, a dozen excavations have been conducted in the primary geographical region of the Dalma Culture and its surrounding areas of the Zagros. Some archaeologists have assigned the ceramic assemblages recovered from these investigations to the Dalma Period based on ceramic types comparable to the classic Dalma ceramic tradition, such as Dalma Impressed, Dalma Monochrome, and Red-Slipped Ware. Several of these assemblages exhibit a combination of cultural materials originating from two or three neighboring regions. In distinguishing between genuine Dalma ceramics and those containing elements merely resembling the classic Dalma ceramic tradition, it is essential to employ the defining characteristics of the Dalma ceramic tradition as a baseline for establishing the relative chronology of these assemblages. Numerous ceramic assemblages from sites both within and along the periphery of the Dalma territory have been attributed to this period, including Kalnan, Soha Chai, Talvar II, Tazeh Kand, Qela Gap, Kul Tappeh, and Idir. The assemblages from these sites can be examined in detail to identify localized traits. It is likewise possible to distinguish ceramics “attributed to the Dalma tradition” from the “classic Dalma tradition,” thereby clarifying some of the characteristics and boundaries of this ceramic tradition. In this article, we examine the ceramic assemblages, and, in certain cases, other aspects of the sites attributed to the Dalma Culture, and compare them with key reference sites such as Dalma Tappeh, Godin, Seh Gabi B, and Nadali Beig. The results indicate that some sites attributed to the Dalma Culture actually belong to later periods, such as Gabrestan I and Godin VII, whose ceramic assemblages contain attributes only distantly related to those of a genuine Dalma assemblage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Arabic): المقال يركز على تقييم التجمعات الفخارية المنسوبة إلى ثقافة دالمى، وهي ثقافة ما قبل التاريخ هامة في منطقة زاغروس في إيران. يناقش المقال الحفريات الأخيرة التي كشفت عن أنواع مختلفة من الفخار، بما في ذلك الفخار أحادي اللون من دالمى والفخار المنقوش من دالمى، ويبرز التحديات في تمييز الفخار الدالمى الأصلي عن الفخار المتأثر بالثقافات المجاورة. يجادل المؤلف بأن العديد من المواقع التي كانت تُنسب سابقًا إلى ثقافة دالمى، مثل كالنان، سوها تشاي، وتل فار II، لا تحتوي على الخصائص المميزة لتقليد الفخار الدالمى، مما يشير إلى أن هذه التجمعات قد تنتمي إلى فترات لاحقة أو سياقات ثقافية مختلفة. تهدف الدراسة إلى توضيح الوضع الزمني لهذه التجمعات وتفاعلاتها الثقافية داخل المنطقة. [Extracted from the article]
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Abstrakt:During the past two decades, a dozen excavations have been conducted in the primary geographical region of the Dalma Culture and its surrounding areas of the Zagros. Some archaeologists have assigned the ceramic assemblages recovered from these investigations to the Dalma Period based on ceramic types comparable to the classic Dalma ceramic tradition, such as Dalma Impressed, Dalma Monochrome, and Red-Slipped Ware. Several of these assemblages exhibit a combination of cultural materials originating from two or three neighboring regions. In distinguishing between genuine Dalma ceramics and those containing elements merely resembling the classic Dalma ceramic tradition, it is essential to employ the defining characteristics of the Dalma ceramic tradition as a baseline for establishing the relative chronology of these assemblages. Numerous ceramic assemblages from sites both within and along the periphery of the Dalma territory have been attributed to this period, including Kalnan, Soha Chai, Talvar II, Tazeh Kand, Qela Gap, Kul Tappeh, and Idir. The assemblages from these sites can be examined in detail to identify localized traits. It is likewise possible to distinguish ceramics “attributed to the Dalma tradition” from the “classic Dalma tradition,” thereby clarifying some of the characteristics and boundaries of this ceramic tradition. In this article, we examine the ceramic assemblages, and, in certain cases, other aspects of the sites attributed to the Dalma Culture, and compare them with key reference sites such as Dalma Tappeh, Godin, Seh Gabi B, and Nadali Beig. The results indicate that some sites attributed to the Dalma Culture actually belong to later periods, such as Gabrestan I and Godin VII, whose ceramic assemblages contain attributes only distantly related to those of a genuine Dalma assemblage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:23455225
DOI:10.22084/nb.2025.30954.2775