Architectural innovation and experimentation at Ganj Dareh, Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip E L Smith (Université de Montréal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-335 |
| Publication date | 1990-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1990.9980111 |
| OpenAlex | W2033922002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 6 |
Ganj Dareh is an early neolithic mound site in the central Zagros mountains of western Iran in which the mud‐based architecture is unusually well preserved. Level D, which was burnt, has clustered two‐story structures with many small cubicles. It reveals several methods of brick making and wall construction, as well as unusual mortice‐and‐tenon devices, 'storage bins' made of prefabricated clay slabs, and many 'portholes' and 'plugs' in the walls. Level D and later levels may represent an ephemeral stage of architectural experimentation in the Zagros at a time when there was still no strong commitment to food production. It suggests the early Zagros architecture was more complex and innovative than is usually thought
Archaeology · Brick · Ephemeral key · Geography · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Architecture · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Geology
Figurine makers
Prehistory and the Rise of Cities in Mesopotamia and Iran
The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia
The Archaeological Landscape of the Neolithic Period in the Western Foothills of the Zagros Mountains
On the Pottery of the Earliest Phases in Western Asia
Analyzing Typical Characteristics of Central Zagros Potteries during the Chalcolithic Period
“White” Pottery in the Neolithic of Mesopotamia
Understanding a first attempt at pottery
The Oldest Earthen Construction Techniques and Their Variants in Early Neolithic Wall Construction in the Northern Levant
Лепная Керамика Эпохи Бронзы Поселения Ильич-1 По Данным Технико Технологического Анализа
The absolute chronology of East Chia Sabz
New evidence of the Neolithic period in West Central Zagros
Towards reassessing the Neolithisation process in Western Iran
Gypsum plaster, its use and relationship with neolithic fertile crescent pottery technology
Over the Hills and Far Away
Direct dating of human skeletal material from Ganj Dareh, Early Neolithic of the Iranian Zagros
An infrared microspectroscopic study of plasters and pigments from the Neolithic site of Bestansur, Iraq
The origins of pottery technology and its connection with house-building technology in the Zagros Mountains (Western Asia)
An ethno-archaeological approach to the study of log
Networks of Knowledge, Materials, and Practice in the Neolithic Zagros
Distribution of Organic-Tempered Pottery in Southeast Europe and the Near East
Perinatal Remains of Livestock
Neolithization Process in the central Zagros
A social perspective on the Neolithic in western Iran
The development of Neolithic pottery technology in Eastern Jazira and the Zagros Mountains
Structure, diversity and context in neolithic ritual practice
Techno-Typological Study of Tepe Abdul Hosein Stone Tools based on the National Museum Collection
From early humans to farmers and herders—Recent progress on key transitions in Southwest Asia
The Neolithic Macro-(R)evolution
Ancient mud-brick architecture of Northwest China
Artificial cranial deformation in the Proto-neolithic and Neolithic Near East and its possible origin
Unpacking the Neolithic
Ochre and other pigments from the 7th millennium BC
Out of the Shadows
The Early Neolithic of Iraqi Kurdistan
Humans and fire
From Seasonal Hunting Base to Permanent Settlement
The diffusion of light by translucent media in antiquity
Public and Private, Domestic and Corporate
Interpreting the Unique
Death, fire and abandonment
Raised from the ashes
Τhe domestication of southwest Asian 'farmyard animals
Analyzing the symbolic meaning of bovidae in prehistoric cultures, particularly emphasizing ibex motifs in ancient Iranian arts
Survey of Excavations in Iran during 1970-71
The Beginnings of Pyrotechnology, Part II
The Beginnings of Pyrotechnology, Part II
Excavations at Çatal Hüyük, 1965, Fourth Preliminary Report
Fabrication expérimentale de répliques d'un vase néolithique du site de Ganj Dareh, Iran
An Interim Report on Ganj Dareh Tepe, Iran
| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |