Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems
Tepe Gheshlagh is one of the major sites with deposits of the Chalcolithic period in the east of the Central Zagros. The central question in the present study was the administrative system and ownership in the Chalcolithic period. With a descriptive-analytical method, an attempt was made to expound...
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Tepe Gheshlagh is one of the major sites with deposits of the Chalcolithic period in the east of the Central Zagros. The central question in the present study was the administrative system and ownership in the Chalcolithic period. With a descriptive-analytical method, an attempt was made to expound on Gheshlagh’s glyptic assemblage that attest to the existence of an ownership system and commercial exchanges. A structural analysis of the glyptic iconography suggested that each of the linear, circular, or repeating patterns were less mere personal insignias intended to exclude the possibility of alteration or forgery than they were marks belonging to a pre-literate system where each sign/symbol stood for individual commodity types that were transported or exchanged as such. At the same time, the composition of these widely varying geometric motifs followed certain conventions.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a29fbcf1b13d4e048cbc1be3b2d2accc2025-08-26T11:17:53ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922025-08-015210.4312/dp.52.16Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systemsMahnaz Sharifi0Abbas Motarjem1Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR), Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran, IranBu – Ali Sina University, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Department of Archaeology, Hamadan, Iran Tepe Gheshlagh is one of the major sites with deposits of the Chalcolithic period in the east of the Central Zagros. The central question in the present study was the administrative system and ownership in the Chalcolithic period. With a descriptive-analytical method, an attempt was made to expound on Gheshlagh’s glyptic assemblage that attest to the existence of an ownership system and commercial exchanges. A structural analysis of the glyptic iconography suggested that each of the linear, circular, or repeating patterns were less mere personal insignias intended to exclude the possibility of alteration or forgery than they were marks belonging to a pre-literate system where each sign/symbol stood for individual commodity types that were transported or exchanged as such. At the same time, the composition of these widely varying geometric motifs followed certain conventions. https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/21604Chalcolithicstamp sealcylinder sealCentral ZagrosTepe Gheshlagh |
| spellingShingle | Mahnaz Sharifi Abbas Motarjem Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems Documenta Praehistorica Chalcolithic stamp seal cylinder seal Central Zagros Tepe Gheshlagh |
| title | Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems |
| title_full | Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems |
| title_fullStr | Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems |
| title_short | Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems |
| title_sort | chalcolithic stamp seals from tepe gheshlagh and a look into their application in ownership and exchange systems |
| topic | Chalcolithic stamp seal cylinder seal Central Zagros Tepe Gheshlagh |
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