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The Re-excavation of Zarzi, 1971

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Ghanim Wahida
Ghanim Wahida
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Summary

Stratigraphic and typological analysis tends to confirm the two-fold division of the Zarzian suggested by Dorothy Garrod, while palaeobotanical data indicate that a very dry steppe prevailed throughout the sequence. Both the low carrying capacity of the contemporary vegetation then and at present in winter, and the resultant winter migration to warmer areas of wild game at present (and presumably in the past) suggest cyclical short distance movements by hunter-gatherers and fishers within two ecological zones: 1, the mountainous area which must have been occupied from spring to autumn; 2, the winter camping grounds in the upper plains along the foothills region of the Zagros Mountains.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 47 , December 1981 , pp. 19 - 40
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1981

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