Investigating Archeological Science Studies in the Structure of Container Elements from the 4^th and 5^th Millennium BC in Sar-TaliTerritory, Ramhormoz

As an ancient site with coordinates of 3664716Y/240 and 659/5519664 X, Sar-Taliis located at a height of 152 m from the freewaters in the east of Khuzestan Province, 3 km southwest of Ramhormoz city and about 1.5 km from the Ala River in Ramhormoz Plain. During the archaeological excavations in this ancient site in 2014, the skeletal remains, which were covered with mud, were found over an adobe space. Some of the items found in this grave had ideological basis, and some other items, which were located on top of the head and the face of the corpse, were gifts of plain and painted ceramic plates of colored and white clay. One of the most remarkable items found in the grave was the appearance of a very elegant white pile of pearls that differed with other pottery in this area in terms of structural elements. The present study was conducted to investigate the elements used in this pottery by various methods such as optical microscopy, petrography and X-ray diffraction. Based on these tests, the results showed that the material used to make this pottery is made of kaolin, and parts of its inner layer are covered with red clay. Also, X-ray diffraction results showed that there are still quartz alpha phases in parts of this pottery, indicating that the heat inside the furnace was not uniform or the potters of that era were not able to control and keep the heat in the furnace. Due to the presence of clay and kaolin resources in the area, it seems that the source of raw materials was located in this same area; thus, it can be claimed that this delicate white dish has been made in this cultural area.