The Ilkhanid Heartland: Hasanlu Tepe Iran Period I

by DANTI MICHAEL D.

• ISBN13: 9781931707664
• ISBN10: 1931707669
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

Summary

The Ilkhanid Heartland provides the first source on the fortified medieval (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries) settlement of Hasanlu Tepe in the western Azerbaigian province of Iran. Key problems addressed include the nature and dates of the fortifications, the difficulty of distinguishing Ilkhanid material from Saljuk, and land-use patterns in the Lake Urmia Basin and their relationship to the feudal system of land tenure and rural economic development. This exceptional piece of archaeological detective work includes a study of the stratified assemblage of Ilkhanid ceramics and the first provenienced examples of Lajvardinah ware, a high point in the ceramics art of Iran.

Author Biography

Michael D. Danti is Visiting Lecturer at Bryn Mawr College and a Research Specialist, Near East Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Foreword	xiii
Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Acknowledgments	xv
Abbreviations	xvii
Hasanlu Tepe and the Surrounding Area	1	(6)
History of the Excavation of Period I, 1956--62	7	(4)
The Southern High Mound	11	(16)
Building I	11	(3)
Building II	14	(8)
Period I Ceramics: General Characteristics	22	(1)
Period I Ceramics from Building I and Surrounding Area	23	(4)
The Northwest High Mound	27	(16)
Building III	27	(4)
Building IV	31	(2)
The Fortification Wall	33	(1)
Period I Ceramics from Building III and Surrounding Area	33	(3)
Period I Ceramics from Building IV and Surrounding Area	36	(7)
The Northern Stratigraphic Trench	43	(6)
The Northeast High Mound	49	(10)
Building V	49	(1)
Period I Ceramics from Building V and the Surrounding Area	49	(10)
Regional Reconnaissance, Surveys, and Excavations	59	(4)
Summary and Conclusions	63	(6)
Bibliography	69	(6)
Plates	75	(18)
Index	93