Fig 1.
General view of Touq Tappeh (up) and Tappeh Valiki (down).
Fig 2.
Important Neolithic sites of Southeastern Caspian Sea and Adjacent Regions: 1) Komishan Cave and Komishani open site; 2) Touq Tappeh and Tappeh Valiki; 3) Hotu and Kamraband caves; 4) Al Tappeh Cave; 5) Qale`Pey; 6) Rashak III cave; 7) Eshkul Cave; 8) Sang-e Chakhmaq; 9) Kalateh Khan and Rouyan; 10) Deh Kheir; 11) Baluch; 12) Pahlavan; 13) Qale Khan; 14) Yarim; 15) Tureng; 16) Pookerdvall; 17) Aq Tappeh; 18) Ebrahim Abad; 19) Chahar Boneh 20) Cheshmeh Ali 21) Sialk 22) Shahran 23) Pardis 24) Djeitun.
Fig 3.
Bayesian distributions of AMS C14 data, seven from Touq Tappeh (TT) and five from Tappeh Valiki (TV).
Table 1.
Chronology of Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic of eastern Mazandaran based on Coon`s dating and calibration at 2012.
Table 2.
C14 dating of Touq Tappeh (after calibrated with calib 8.1.0 [37]).
Table 3.
C14 dating of Tappeh Valiki (after calibrated with calib 8.1.0[37].
Fig 4.
Stratigraphy section of Touq Tappeh trench TT2 (up) and TT1 (down).
Fig 5.
Stratigraphy section of Tappeh Valiki trench Tr3 (up) and Tr4 (down).
Table 4.
Chronology table suggested by the Authors for Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic of Eastern Mazandaran.
Fig 6.
Neolithic sherds of Touq Tappeh, trench TT1: Con 13 (A1, A2); Con 22 (B1, B2, C1, C2).
Fig 7.
Neolithic sherds of Touq Tappeh, trench TT2, Con 15 and 16.
Fig 8.
Neolithic sherds of Touq Tappeh, trench TT1.
Fig 9.
Neolithic sherds of Touq Tappeh, trench TT2.
Fig 10.
Neolithic sherds of Tappeh Valiki, trench Tr4; the CNS type (1-3 and 6-7); Djeitun type (5-4).
Fig 11.
Neolithic sherds of Tappeh Valiki, trench Tr3; the CNS type (1-13); Djeitun type (4).
Fig 12.
Inter-regional motives comparing: A, J) Tappeh Valiki [28]; B) Touq Tappeh [27]; C) Fakhi [3]; D) Muzzafar [3]; E) Pookerdvall [48]; F) Yarim Tappeh [51]; G) Aq Tappeh [49]; H) Deh Kheir [46]; I) the EMSeC [41]; K) the EMSeC [40]; L) Sialk [52]; M) Togolok [1].
Fig 13.
Comparison of the sherds with holes in the body: A) Tappeh Valiki, 6600 BC [28]; B) Touq Tappeh, 6000 BC [27]; C) Pookerdvall, 6th millennium BC [48]; D) Aq Tappeh, 6th millennium BC [49]; E) the EMSeC, 6000 BC [33]; F) Tappeh Pahlavan, 5300 BC [53]; G) Dam Dam Cheshme, Late Neolithic [1]; H) Djebel, Late Neolithic [1]; I) Djeitun, 6100 BC [1].
Fig 14.
Lithics from Touq Tappeh (A-B) and Tappeh Valiki (C).
Fig 15.
A and B) architectural remains of Tappeh Valiki, Tr3; C) deer antler in Touq Tappeh, context 16, TT2.
Fig 16.
The use of deer antlers in architectural spaces and sites: A) Hotu Cave (Epi-Paleolithic) B) Baluch (6th millennium BC) C) Deh Kheir (6th millennium BC) D) The EMSeC (end 7th to mid-6th millennium BC).
Fig 17.
Comparison of small containers: A) Tappeh Valiki, 6600 BC [28]; B) Touq Tappeh, 6000 BC [27]; C) Djeitun, 6100 BC [1]; D) Sialk I, 5600 BC [52]; E) the EMSeC, 6000 BC [39].
Fig 18.
Antler and bone objects of Touq Tappeh and Tappeh Valiki an comparing with adjacent sites: A) Tappeh Valiki; B) Kamarband (recent excavation); C) Kamarband (old excavation); D) Hotu; E) Tappeh Valiki; F) Hotu (old excavation); G) Al Tappeh; H) Djeitun; I) Deh Khier; J) The EMSeC.
Fig 19.
Clay objects of Touq Tappeh and Tappeh Valiki an comparing with adjacent sites: A, E, G) Touq Tappeh; B) Tappeh Baluch; C, I) the EMSeC; D) Djeitun; F) Tappeh Valiki; H) Narges Keti.
Fig 20.
Grinding stone objects of Touq Tappeh and Tappeh Valiki, and comparing with adjacent sites: A, H, K) Tappeh Valiki; B) Hotu; C, I, L) Kamarband (old excavation); the EMSeC; D); Komishani open site; E, J, M) the WMSeC; F) Djeitun; G) Touq Tappeh; N) Kalateh Khan.