"Pottery kilns, specialized production, Industrial Area and Chiefdoms" A reverse interpretation of the Archaeological findings from Tappeh Pardis

During the excavation at Tappeh Pardis in Varamin, North of central plateau, several heating structure have been discovered which the excavators called them pottery kiln. Considering the accumulation of this type of structure in the eastern part of the site they have assumed that these structures are specialized ceramic production in Intensive industrial area of the fifth millennium BC. Therefore, these structures called the first kilns of this period on the central plateau of Iran. In this article, I try to show, based on several archaeological evidence, that this notion is not correct, and all the interpretations that presented on the basis of this evidence should be reviewed. The Heating structures from Tappeh Pardis are not unique in the prehistory of Iran, and their samples have been obtained in excavations of several sites, which are also within the settlement area and clearly show type of ovens. In fact, when the discovered structures are not kilns, the tangible archaeological evidence to belong them as workshops is low and it would not be possible to accept that large-scale specialized activities, especially in relation to production and bake pottery have been done in this part.