Takahiro Odaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 4048173 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Takahiro Odaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Takahiro |
| FAMILY NAME | Odaka |
| SIGNATURE | ODAKA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kanazawa University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Halaf and Late Chalcolithic occupations at Shakar Tepe in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan
The Shahrizor Plain is one of the ideal fields for tracking the transition from Neolithic village life in the Fertile Crescent to Urbanisation which occurred in Mesopotamia because of its geographical location connecting the mountainside valleys along the Zagros and the downstream Diyala River that flows into the Tigris. Our field project aims to obtain archaeological materials to unveil this process. Following the first excavations at Shakar Tep…
Halaf Pottery in the East End
The Shahrizor Plain (Iraqi Kurdistan) is located in the most eastern distribution of Halaf pottery in the Late Neolithic period. Re-excavations at Tell Begum in 2013 demonstrated that Halaf pottery in this plain had unique local attributes distinguished from those of “classic” Halaf pottery found in Upper Mesopotamia. This paper presents the radiocarbon dates of the Halaf layer at Tell Begum and compares these dates and the ceramic styles with th…
From the 7th to the 6th millennium BC in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Shahrizor Plain is an intermontane valley in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ongoing archaeological investigations are gradually revealing the local Prehistory of this region. For the Late Neolithic period (7th-6th millennia BC), however, archaeologists have struggled to explain a large apparent hiatus in settlement observed between the end of 7th and the mid-6th millennium BC. Following the traditional chronology currently ava…
Revisiting Tell Begum
Tell Begum was previously explored by Iraqi archaeologists in the 1960s when excavations revealed a multi-period site. Among the key finds were Halaf period remains that are relatively rare in the region of the Shahrizor plain and included polychrome ceramics suggesting a local variation of the Halaf culture. Recent investigations and excavations in 2011 and 2013 revealed a 5 hectare site inhabited during the Halaf, Ubaid, Late Chalcolithic, and …
The ‘Western Variety’ of Samarra Pottery in the Late-Neolithic Near East
Traditionally, studies of Samarra pottery have mainly focused on collections from Iraqi sites, from which most examples of Samarra pottery have been uncovered. However, recent excavations in Syria have revealed rich assemblages of Samarra pottery, in which unique regional attributes can be seen. These assemblages can be distinguished from ‘classic’ Samarra pottery in Iraq and may be identified as a ‘west variety’ of Samarra pottery. However, an e…
On the Pottery of the Earliest Phases in Western Asia
Although Pre-Pottery Neolithic culture developed for a long time without pottery, when pottery-making appeared in Western Asia it expanded rapidly and widely from the beginning. This suggests that social or economic demands for pottery suddenly appeared.The earliest specimens of pottery in Western Asia are found in the northern Levant, Cilicia, the upper Euphrates and the upper Khabur region. They are identical in many aspects: tempering with min…
From the 7th to the 6th millennium BC in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Shahrizor Plain is an intermontane valley in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ongoing archaeological investigations are gradually revealing the local Prehistory of this region. For the Late Neolithic period (7th-6th millennia BC), however, archaeologists have struggled to explain a large apparent hiatus in settlement observed between the end of 7th and the mid-6th millennium BC. Following the traditional chronology currently ava…
On the Pottery of the Earliest Phases in Western Asia
Although Pre-Pottery Neolithic culture developed for a long time without pottery, when pottery-making appeared in Western Asia it expanded rapidly and widely from the beginning. This suggests that social or economic demands for pottery suddenly appeared.The earliest specimens of pottery in Western Asia are found in the northern Levant, Cilicia, the upper Euphrates and the upper Khabur region. They are identical in many aspects: tempering with min…
The ‘Western Variety’ of Samarra Pottery in the Late-Neolithic Near East
Traditionally, studies of Samarra pottery have mainly focused on collections from Iraqi sites, from which most examples of Samarra pottery have been uncovered. However, recent excavations in Syria have revealed rich assemblages of Samarra pottery, in which unique regional attributes can be seen. These assemblages can be distinguished from ‘classic’ Samarra pottery in Iraq and may be identified as a ‘west variety’ of Samarra pottery. However, an e…
Revisiting Tell Begum
Tell Begum was previously explored by Iraqi archaeologists in the 1960s when excavations revealed a multi-period site. Among the key finds were Halaf period remains that are relatively rare in the region of the Shahrizor plain and included polychrome ceramics suggesting a local variation of the Halaf culture. Recent investigations and excavations in 2011 and 2013 revealed a 5 hectare site inhabited during the Halaf, Ubaid, Late Chalcolithic, and …
From the 7th to the 6th millennium BC in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Shahrizor Plain is an intermontane valley in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ongoing archaeological investigations are gradually revealing the local Prehistory of this region. For the Late Neolithic period (7th-6th millennia BC), however, archaeologists have struggled to explain a large apparent hiatus in settlement observed between the end of 7th and the mid-6th millennium BC. Following the traditional chronology currently ava…
Halaf Pottery in the East End
The Shahrizor Plain (Iraqi Kurdistan) is located in the most eastern distribution of Halaf pottery in the Late Neolithic period. Re-excavations at Tell Begum in 2013 demonstrated that Halaf pottery in this plain had unique local attributes distinguished from those of “classic” Halaf pottery found in Upper Mesopotamia. This paper presents the radiocarbon dates of the Halaf layer at Tell Begum and compares these dates and the ceramic styles with th…
Halaf and Late Chalcolithic occupations at Shakar Tepe in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan
The Shahrizor Plain is one of the ideal fields for tracking the transition from Neolithic village life in the Fertile Crescent to Urbanisation which occurred in Mesopotamia because of its geographical location connecting the mountainside valleys along the Zagros and the downstream Diyala River that flows into the Tigris. Our field project aims to obtain archaeological materials to unveil this process. Following the first excavations at Shakar Tep…
Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Ancient Near East History (3 works) · Pottery (3 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (2 works) · Bronze Age (2 works)