Chaff-Faced Ware
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| Geographical range | Turkey, South Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria |
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| Period | Late Chalcolithic |
| Dates | 4500 BC - 3500 BC |
| Major sites | Amuq, Leyla-Tepe culture, Areni-1 cave |
| Preceded by | Ubaid period, Shulaveri–Shomu culture |
| Followed by | Kura–Araxes culture |
Chaff-Faced Ware (sometimes abbreviated as CFW, and alternately called Chaff-Tempered Ware) is a Late Chalcolithic (4300-3500BCE) pottery which has found from Cilicia to the South Caucasus. In the South Caucasus, its variant is known as Leyla-Tepe culture, while in northern Mesopotamia it is usually referred to as Amuq F pottery.[1]
Origin[edit]
Initially, Chaff-Faced Ware was associated with northern Mesopotamia, Syria and a migration of Uruk people,[2] but recently the discovery of large number of Chaff-Faced Ware sites in the South Caucasus has changed the perceptions about its origins. Catherine Marro concluded that the core region from where the ware emerged was between the Euphrates and the Kura basin.[3] The tempering chaff in the pottery was frequent in South Caucasian Neolithic sites.[4]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ The View from the North The Emergence and Spread of the Chaff-Faced Ware oikumenè as seen from the Caucasus (ca. 4600-3500 BCE), Catherine Marro
- ^ Uruk migrants in the Caucasus Konstantine Pitskhelauri 2012
- ^ Where did Late Chalcolithic Chaff-Faced Ware originate? Cultural Dynamics in Anatolia and Transcaucasia at the Dawn of Urban Civilization (ca 4500-3500 BC) Paléorient Année 2010 36-2 pp. 35-55
- ^ Rethinking the Kura-Araxes GenesisPaléorient Année 2014 40-2 pp. 23-46