Author: William M. Sumner
The Iranian World: Essays on Iranian Art and Archaeology Presented to Ezat O. Negahban, Edited by Abbas Alizadeh, Yousef Majidzadeh, Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, Iran University Press, Tehran, 1999

Abstract:
This paper presents a review of osteological and other evidence concerning birds in Fars Province and a description of the use of bird motifs on painted ceramics from the Bakun period through the Shogha period (ca. 5000-1000 BC). Birds appear on ceramics as elements in both complex and simple designs that are based on different designs rules in different periods. These variations in design structure and content also suggest that painted ceramics served different purposes in different periods.

Bibliography:
Sumner, William M., The Birds of Anshan, The Iranian World: Essays on Iranian Art and Archaeology Presented to Ezat O. Negahban, Edited by Abbas Alizadeh, Yousef Majidzadeh, Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi, Iran University Press, Tehran, 1999, pp 85-100.