Mitchell Rothman
Mitchell S. Rothman is a professor of Anthropology and Archaeology and founder of the Anthropology Department at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Washington University in St. Louis, The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan, and Hunter College of the City University of New York, receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. Dr. Rothman took his early archaeology training in the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southwestern United States. He began working in Iran in 1974, and undertook a survey in the Zagros Valley of Borujerd in 1978. Over the last two decades he has conducted archaeological fieldwork in Turkey. Rothman's research interests include the origins of complex societies in the late fifth through early third millennia BC in Mesopotamia, and the effect of crosscultural interaction on societal evolution. His major research projects include the reanalysis of the excavations of Tepe Gawra in northeastern Iraq; field projects under his direction at two late fourth through third millennium sites on the Upper Euphrates River; and a survey in the highland valley of Muš west of Lake Van.
Hilary Gopnik
Hilary Gopnik received her BA in Anthropology and Classics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and her MA/PhD in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Toronto. Her doctoral dissertation, under the supervision of Dr. T. Cuyler Young Jr., dealt with the ceramics from the Iron Age level at Godin Tepe. Gopnik is particularly interested in exploring the role of style in both modern and ancient cultures. She has written about aspects of style as reflected in a range of artifact types including pottery, high art, and architecture. For the past ten years Gopnik has worked as a professional writer and editor with an emphasis on history and biography. Since 2008 she has been the ceramicist and assistant director for the archaeological site of Oglanqala in Azerbaijan.
Preface
List of Maps
List of Plans
List of Sections
List of Tables
Key to Architectural Plans
Introduction
Hilary Gopnik
Chapter 1. History of the Excavations at Godin Tepe
Hilary Gopnik
Chapter 2. Making Sense of the Mound: Archaeological Interpretation at Godin
Hilary Gopnik
Chapter 3. The Environment of Godin Tepe
Mitchell S. Rothman
Chapter 4. Contact and Development in Godin Period VI
Mitchell S. Rothman/Virginia R. Badler
Chapter 5. Migration and Re-settlement in Godin Period IV
Mitchell S. Rothman
Chapter 6. The Godin Period III Town
Robert C. Henrickson
Chapter 7. The Median Citadel of Godin Period II
Hilary Gopnik
Index