From the 4th to the 3rd Millennium BC: An Assessment on Area A Pottery Assemblage from Trench 2. In D. Nadali, A. Polcaro (eds.), The Italian Archaeological Excavations at Tell Zurghul, Ancient Nigin, Iraq. Final Report of the Seasons 2015-2017, Rome 2020, pp. 107-161 [if interested, email me] By Sara Pizzimenti

https://www.academia.edu/42297916/From_the_4th_to_the_3rd_Millennium_BC_An_Assessment_on_Area_A_Pottery_Assemblage_from_Trench_2_In_D_Nadali_A_Polcaro_eds_The_Italian_Archaeological_Excavations_at_Tell_Zurghul_Ancient_Nigin_Iraq_Final_Report_of_the_Seasons_2015_2017_Rome_2020_pp_107_161_if_interested_email_me_?nav_from=d912a5d5-eb1e-42e3-bf1e-2649624c10c5 The 2015-2017 archaeological campaigns conducted Trench 2 in Area A, at the south-eastern footstep of the main Mound A revealed a complex and continuous stratigraphic sequence of 7 main structural phases dated from the Late Uruk to the beginning of the Early Dynastic I Period. A preliminary analysis of the pottery assemblage recovered revealed interesting data about the evolution and the frequency of the shapes between the Late Uruk, Jemdet Nasr and Early Dynastic I period, showing a strong continuity through changes in the passage from the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC.