1- PhD student, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran
2- Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran ,hfazelin@ut.ac.ir
3- Assistant Professor, Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Research Institute of Iran
4- Head of the Iranology Foundation, Kurdistan Province Branch
2- Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran ,
3- Assistant Professor, Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Research Institute of Iran
4- Head of the Iranology Foundation, Kurdistan Province Branch
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The ceramic analyzed in this article, labeled as Red White and Black (RWB) ware in the Mahidasht region, is a painted pottery tradition in the west of central Zagros. Our information regarding this was limited to published information on the Mahidasht 1975-78 project. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1978-79, the fieldwork of the Mahidasht project ended, leaving the data and particularly information concerning the Red White and Black (RWB) unpublished. So, more questions and hesitation remain about this ceramic that should be answered. What are the essential characteristics of Red White and Black pottery? What is the exact chronology of this ware in the chalcolithic sequence of western Iran? How is the distribution realm of this ware in the west of Iran? So to answer these proposed questions and also to give an updated view from Red White and Black ceramic in the chalcolithic period studies in the west of Iran, the RWB ware of the Mahidasht project belonging to the Siahbid 1978 excavation stored at the National Museum of Iran was analysed. In addition to the investigation of RWB ceramics at the National Museum of Iran, the published information concerning the most recent archaeological survey and excavations project done in the western parts of Iran has also been considered. This study has resulted in a complete and updated view concerning the different aspects of the Red White and Black (RWB) ware studies, like chronology, settlement pattern, ware characteristics, dating, and.... It became clear to us that some of the surveyed and excavated sites in different parts of western Iran date back to the early phases of the Chalcolithic period based on observation of Black On Buff (BOB) ceramics involving Red White and Black (RWB) ware instead of BOB ceramics and dating to later phases of chalcolithic period consequently. in addition to such dating that request future revision, our study on the Red White and Black ceramic in this article yielded more interested results in this regards.
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