Yeni Arkeolojik Verilerin Işığında Kuzey Batı İran Prehistoryası'nın Kısa Bir Değerlendirmesi.

Most of the excavated sites in northwest Iran are located in the Urmia Basin, which has been the main focus of the past and present archaeological research and excavations. The prehistory of this basin begins with the Neolithic Age (Hajji Firuz Culture). Hajji Firuz, whose cultural sequence was identified at Hasanlu Tepe, is the oldest known settlement in northwest Iran. However, the thousand-year gap between the Hacı Firuz phase and the Early Chalcolithic Dalma phase has merely been filled with new archaeological data. In the Early Chalcolithic, the Dalma pottery tradition was widespread in the Urmia Basin to the west of the Iranian plateau and to the south of the Araxes River, for example at Kül Tepe. In the Late Chalcolithic, the Dalma pottery was replaced by the straw-faced pottery tradition found in the Urmia Basin and around the Araxes River. In the Early Bronze Age, northwestern Iran came under the influence of the Kura-Araxes culture. This prehistoric culture is also found in Transcaucasia and eastern Anatolia. Therefore, the settlements of northwestern Iran in this period were part of this cultural tradition. The Middle Bronze Age is represented in the Urmia Basin mainly by cemeteries and a few settlements. Based on the painted pottery tradition in the Urmia Basin, sites from this period have been identified here as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]