Archaeological Study on the Neolithization in the Marv Dasht Plain, Iran

中东肥沃的新月被认为是动植物驯化的起源中心。在过去的30年里，由于不稳定的政治环境，肥沃的新月会东翼扎格罗斯的新石器时代受到的调查要少得多。本项目旨在研究扎格罗斯地区的新石器化过程。特别是，作者考察了Marv Dasht平原的新石器化，以及Zagros南部的Fars。该项目揭示了这个地区的石器传统在公元前6000年左右发生了根本性的变化。这一变化可能是由于生计的巨大变化引起的；引入了全面的绵羊和山羊放牧和灌溉系统

The Fertile Crescent in the Middle East is known as a center of origin for domestication of animals and plants. In the last 30 years, the Neolithic Age in the eastern wing of the Fertile Crescent, Zagros, was far less investigated due to unstable political circumstances. This project aimed to study the process of the Neolithization in the Zagros. In particular, the author examined the Neolithization in the Marv Dasht plain, Fars in the southern Zagros. The project revealed that the lithic tradition in this region radically changed around 6000 BC. This change was probably caused by great changes in subsistence; introduction of full scale herding of sheep and goats and introduction of irrigation systems