This paper discusses the nature of Dalma and Pisdeli cultures, their regional and interregional interactions and expansions in 5th millennium BC. It discusses old and new excavations and surveys as well. According to the importance of the material from these periods found at newly-excavated sites such as Kul Tepe Jolfa, Dava Göz Khoy, Lavin Tepe, and Qosha Tepe, we briefly describe the main stratigraphic and material data from these sites. Old and new data from excavations and surveys eventually lead us to a new chronological table for the 5th millennium BC in north/western (NW) Iran. The implications of the finds are discussed along with their limitations and future research directions.
The Kura-Araxes culture is well attested in North-Western Iran but the nearly total absence of 14C dates makes the study of the development of this culture in the region somewhat problematic. Given the importance of Kura-Araxes materials from Kul Tepe near Jolfa (Hadishahr), we will briefly describe the main stratigraphic, architectural and artifactual data from this site which produced materials from Late Chalcolithic, Kura-Araxes I, II and III phases. The radiocarbon dates of the different phases of this stratigraphic sequence create a new chronological framework for the development of the Kura-Araxes culture in North-Western Iran.
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