The 2003 Excavations at Tol-e Bai, Iran: Social Life in a Neolithic Village

Table of Contents: Foreword by the Series Editor Preface: The genesis of the Fars Archaeology Project, by Kamyar Abdi Chapter 1: Goals of the excavations, by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck, and Kamyar Abdi Chapter 2: Notes on the physical and human geography of the Eastern Ramjerd Plain, by Saman Heydari and Reinhard Bernbeck Chapter 3: Surface survey at Tol-e Bai, by Reinhard Bernbeck Chapter 4: Excavation and site stratigraphy, by Susan Pollock Chapter 5: The Neolithic pottery, by Reinhard Bernbeck Chapter 6: Bakun pottery, by Reinhard Bernbeck, Hamid Fahimi and Nassim Janmaleki Chapter 7: Chipped stone artifacts, by Elham Ghasidian, Ahmad Azadi and Susan Pollock Chapter 8: A microwear study of chipped stone tools, by Melody Pope Chapter 9: Miniature cylindrical objects, by Susan Pollock Chapter 10: Small finds, by Mohsen Javeri, Kamyar Abdi and Reinhard Bernbeck Chapter 11: Grinding and pounding implements, by Fariba Saeedi and Susan Pollock Chapter 12: Burnt clay, by Reinhard Bernbeck and Michael Gregg Chapter 13: Burnt stone, by Susan Pollock and Saman Heydari Chapter 14: Animal bones, by Marjan Mashkour, with contributions of Salvador Bailon Chapter 15: Macrobotanical remains, by Masoumeh Kimiaie Chapter 16: Phytolith analysis, by Anies Hassan Chapter 17: Microdebris analysis, by Sepideh Saeedi Chapter 18: Organic residue analysis, by Michael Gregg Chapter 19: Radiocarbon dates, by Susan Pollock Chapter 20: A survey of rockshelters near Tol-e Bai, by Saman Heydari Chapter 21: Ethnoarchaeological observations at Ahmadabad in the south-central Zagros mountains, by Ahmad Azadi Chapter 22: Neolithic Worlds at Tol-e Bai, by Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck Summary Bibliography Persian summary.