Metarepresentation Representation Painted Pottery Cheshme Ali Tape Pardis‎

The methodological survey of Teppeh Lapuie (Siyah-Khan or Shanguli) was performed by the author on behalf of the Institute of Archaeology during the winter of 2013. During this survey, after mapping and trelliswork by creating squares on the surface of the site, all cultural material within the said squares was methodologically classified, removed and studied. The results of these studies indicate that this site belonged to 3900 to 3400 B.C and the Lapuui culture in the prehistorical archaeology of Fars. Other than pottery, one of the important material acquired during this survey were a total of 76 stone artifacts, obtained from the surface of the site. Classification and typology of these stone artifacts from Teppeh Lapuui show that they include grindstones, core stones, flakes, blades, bladelets, and derbies, all of which were generally made from chert stones, most likely from stone sources within the Kur River Basin. Discovering the typology, function and also technological methods used for making these artifacts, to some degree explains the role of such tools in the emergence and development of various aspects such as specialization, nomination, agriculture and trade during the transitional periods of cultures during the end of the prehistorical period in the first half of the fourth millennium B.C.Discovering the typology, function and also technological methods used for making these artifacts, to some degree explains the role of such tools in the emergence and development of various aspects such as specialization, nomination, agriculture and trade during the transitional periods of cultures during the end of the prehistorical period in the first half of the fourth millennium B.C.