The 2003 Excavations at Tol-e Basi, Iran

326 pp, color and b/w figures, hb, in English.

• Foreword by the Series Editor;
• Preface
• The genesis of the Fars Archaeology Project, by Kamyar Abdi;
• Goals of the excavations, by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck, and Kamyar Abdi
• Notes on the physical and human geography of the Eastern Ramjerd Plain, by Saman Heydari and Reinhard Bernbeck;
• Surface survey at Tol-e Bai, by Reinhard Bernbeck;
• Excavation and site stratigraphy, by Susan Pollock;
• The Neolithic pottery, by Reinhard Bernbeck; Bakun pottery, by Reinhard Bernbeck, Hamid Fahimi and Nassim Janmaleki;
• Chipped stone artifacts, by Elham Ghasidian, Ahmad Azadi and Susan Pollock;
• A microwear study of chipped stone tools, by Melody Pope;
• Miniature cylindrical objects, by Susan Pollock;
• Small finds, by Mohsen Javeri, Kamyar Abdi and Reinhard Bernbeck;
• Grinding and pounding implements, by Fariba Saeedi and Susan Pollock;
• Burnt clay, by Reinhard Bernbeck and Michael Gregg;
• Burnt stone, by Susan Pollock and Saman Heydari;
• Animal bones, by Marjan Mashkour, with contributions of Salvador Bailon;
• Macrobotanical remains, by Masoumeh Kimiaie;
• Phytolith analysis, by Anies Hassan; Microdebris analysis, by Sepideh Saeedi;
• Organic residue analysis, by Michael Gregg; Radiocarbon dates, by Susan Pollock;
• A survey of rockshelters near Tol-e Bai, by Saman Heydari;
• Ethnoarchaeological observations at Ahmadabad in the south-central Zagros mountains, by Ahmad Azadi;
• Neolithic Worlds at Tol-e Bai, by Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck;
• Summary;
• Bibliography;
• Persian summary.