Abstract
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the stone artifacts discovered during excavations at the Hormangan site, which are crucial for understanding production and subsistence strategies in Neolithic societies. These artifacts were used for food preparation and production of materials like pigments, shedding light on the broader production cycle of these communities. The stone artifacts from Hormangan can be categorized into three functional groups: tokens, chipped stones, and ground stones. A total of 36 ground stones were identified, including grinding slabs, quern-stones, pestles, handstones, stone vessels, and grooved stones. While primarily used for grinding and food production, traces of red and black pigments on some artifacts suggest their use in preparing ochre. Interestingly, the absence of mortars and saddle-shaped grinding slabs in the assemblage may reflect specific subsistence strategies of the Neolithic societies inhabiting Hormangan in the second half of the 7th millennium BC.
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