Iranian archaeologists have unearthed pieces of Islamic earthenware in Fars Province, which bear patterns similar to those found on pre-historic pottery.
The team found residential remains and decorated earthenware during the fourth phase of excavations in Madabad Mound of the southern city of Marvdasht, IRNA reported.
“The new discoveries are particularly significant, as they apparently belong to the Islamic era but are similar to prehistoric pottery in term of design and production methods,” said head of Madabad archeological team Ahmad Ali Asadi.
The discovered structural remains belong to mud brick buildings where the earthenware were found laid in the ancient strata, he added.
The findings show that the potters were settled in the region and were not immigrants, Asadi stressed.
The Madabad mound was registered on Iran's national heritage list in 1975.
Source: Press TV [August 28, 2011]
The team found residential remains and decorated earthenware during the fourth phase of excavations in Madabad Mound of the southern city of Marvdasht, IRNA reported.
“The new discoveries are particularly significant, as they apparently belong to the Islamic era but are similar to prehistoric pottery in term of design and production methods,” said head of Madabad archeological team Ahmad Ali Asadi.
The discovered structural remains belong to mud brick buildings where the earthenware were found laid in the ancient strata, he added.
The findings show that the potters were settled in the region and were not immigrants, Asadi stressed.
The Madabad mound was registered on Iran's national heritage list in 1975.
Source: Press TV [August 28, 2011]