This article summarizes the ceramic chronology and cultural development of the central Zagros (modern Luristan) from the mid-third to mid-second millenium B.C. The sequence is based on stratigraphic excavations in level III at Godin Tepe. Most plain ceramics are made by the sequential slab construction technique and finished on a tournette. Smaller vessels were thrown. The ceramics of the six-phase sequence pertain to a single tradition which emphasized carinated restricted vessels in various forms. Shapes, in combination with specific wares and decorative style, define each phase. Inter-regional variation in decoration within each phase is also evident. The earliest phase, Godin III:6 overlaps with Early Dynastic III in Mesopotamia, and the pottery of this phase reflects widespread norms for monochrome wares of the western Iranian highlands, Susiana, and Fars regions. This emerging ceramic similarity may reflect increasing economic integration. The Godin III tradition develops along distinct lines in the later Godin III:5 and III:4 phases, with further differentiation within the highlands taking place in Godin III:4. Regional integration increases markedly by Godin III:2 times (early second millenium B.C.), as reflected in the homogeneity of ceramic decoration within the highlands. Ceramic uniformity then declines markedly in post-Godin III:2 times. Complete breakdown of the political and economic integration of the central Zagros is evident by Godin III:1 times, around 1500-1400 B.C.