Hajji Firuz-phase

Complete cross comparison between the sites is not feasible because the Hajji Firuz phase (ca. 5500 to 4750 B.C.), the Dalma phase (ca. 4750 to 4350 B.C.), and the Pisdeli phase (ca. 4350 to 3550 B.C.) (6) are not represented at every site. All three phases occur at Hajji Firuz, though material from the Pisdeli phase is quite limited. The Dalma phase occurs at Dalma Tepe, with a very limited amount of material attributed to the Hajji Firuz/ Dalma phase transition. Only the Dalma and Pisdeli phases occur at Pisdeli Tepe. Accordingly, temporal comparisons may be made at Hajji Firuz and Pisdeli Tepe, that yield quite different kinds of information. 

Element Hajji Firuz Phase 38 samples Dalma Phase 5 samples Pisdeli Phase 6 samples... 

Note All values are given as mean standard deviation. Includes the Al and Mn depleted Hajji Firuz phase sherds. 

Of the ceramics analyzed from the Solduz Valley in northwestern Iran, only those manufactured during the Hajji Firuz phase at Hajji Firuz appear to be chemically distinguishable from ceramics made at later times at Hajji Firuz, Dalma Tepe, and Pisdeli Tepe. 

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