Zarzian culture
Period | Mesolithic |
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Dates | c. 20,000 – c. 10,000 BP |
Preceded by | Baradostian culture |
Followed by | M'lefaatian culture |
The Mesolithic |
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↑ Upper Paleolithic |
↓ Neolithic |
Zarzian culture is an archaeological culture of late
Southwest Asia
.
The period of the culture is estimated to have existed about 18,000–8,000 BCE. It was preceded by the Baradostian culture in the same region and was related to the Imereti culture[citation needed] of the Caucasus.
The culture was named and recognised of the cave of Zarzi in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Here were found plenty of microliths (up to 20% finds). Their forms are short and asymmetric trapezoids, and triangles with hollows.
Andy Burns states "The Zarzian of the Zagros region of Iran is contemporary with the
Baradostian
."
There are only a few Zarzian sites and the area appears to have been quite sparsely populated during the
Shanidar B2 and Zarzi."[1] The Zarzian culture seems to have participated in the early stages of what Kent Flannery has called the broad spectrum revolution
.
The Zarzian culture is found associated with remains of the Gobustan (Kobystan, Qobustan) region and into Eastern Iran as a forerunner of the Hissar and related cultures.[2]
References
- ^ Burns Andy "Epipaleolithic Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mellaart, James (1976) "The Neolithic of the Near East" (MacMillan)
- Deborah I. Olszewski: "The Zarzian in the Context of the Epipaleolithic Middle East", in: Humanities 19 (2012) 1-20, hier: S. 2.
See also
- Epipaleolithic
- Prehistory of Iran
- History of Mesopotamia
- Trialetian culture
- Natufian culture
- Khiamian