Geoarchaeology of Prehistoric Settlements Using Micromorphology Methods (The case study: Meimanatabad Cluster)
Volume 7, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 149-164
https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57753
Mehran Maghsoudi, Seyed Mohammad Zamanzadeh, asghar navidfar, Rohollah Yosefi Zoshk, Hojatollah Ahmadpour
Abstract The ancient hills are the human’s close and far activities sense. These places may be the transit camp survivors or ruins towns or villages. This paper studies the archaeology of the ancient hill of Meymanabad using micromorphology methods. This hill situated in Robat Kareem_in South-East village called Meymantabad. The result has showed that before the establishment of the site occupations there have been a warm and wetter conditions througout the region. According to the cubic microscopic structure that is the region natural examples index, a period lack of establishment from point E to point D has occurred. The point C is the latest cultural point and after this there are no cultural effects. In fact, what makes this civilization wiped out was the river flooding of Shadchay River resulted in the destruction of the site and caused the peoples to abandon their settlement areas.