Tell site in Khuzistan, southwest Iran, which has given its name to a phase in the prehistoric sequence. It succeeds the Muhammad Jafar phase (see Ali Kosh), though probably only after a gap; it has radiocarbon dates in the range 5500-5250 be. It is characterized by the appearance of painted pottery, buff coloured with geometric designs executed in black paint. The botanical evidence suggests that irrigation agriculture was now practised. Flax was cultivated, as well as emmer and bread wheat, two- and six-row barley, and a variety of pulses. Domesticated goats and some sheep provided most of the meat, although there were a few domesticated cattle also and hunting was still practised, though now on a small scale only.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied