Proto-Elamite period

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The Proto-Elamite period was an early Bronze Age phase in southwestern Iran marked by the emergence of one of the earliest writing systems and complex urban societies preceding the Elamite civilization.

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Proto-Elamite period canonical 2
Proto-Elamite 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age culture
archaeological period
historical period
endTime circa 2700 BCE
early 3rd millennium BCE
follows Uruk period
hasCapital Susa
hasChronologicalPosition early Bronze Age
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Mesopotamian urbanism
Uruk period
surface form: Uruk culture
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture
animal husbandry
craft production
hasFeature centralized administration
development of complex urban societies
economic specialization
emergence of one of the earliest writing systems in Iran
long-distance trade
standardized metrology
use of clay tablets
use of numerical tablets and tokens
hasMajorSite Anshan
Kerman region
surface form: Jiroft region

Susa
Tepe Sialk
hasMaterialCulture administrative sealings
beveled-rim bowls
clay tablets with numerical notations
cylinder seals
hasResearchField Assyriology
Elamite
surface form: Elamite studies

Iranian archaeology
hasWritingSystem Proto-Elamite script
hasWritingSystemStatus partially undeciphered
hasWritingSystemType logo-syllabic script
languageStatus underlying spoken language unknown
locatedIn Iranian plateau
surface form: Iranian Plateau

southwestern Iran
partOf Ancient Near East
surface form: ancient Near East

prehistory of Iran
precedes Elam
surface form: Elamite civilization

Old Elamite period
significance provides evidence for early state formation in southwestern Iran
represents earliest known urban civilization in Iran
startTime circa 3300 BCE
late 4th millennium BCE
usedFor administrative accounting
economic record-keeping

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Anshan hasChronologicalPhase Proto-Elamite period
Anshan (Persia) civilizationPhase Proto-Elamite period
this entity surface form: Proto-Elamite
Old Elamite period follows Proto-Elamite period