TY - JOUR ID - 57751 TI - A Study on the Subterranean Burials of the Sāmen (Malayer) rocky Architectural Complex JO - Journal of Archaeological Studies JA - JARCS LA - en SN - 2251-9297 AU - Mohamadifar, Yaghoub AU - hemati Azandaryai, esmail AU - Khaksar, Ali AU - Fooruzanfar, Farzad AD - Professor of Archaeology, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan AD - Ph.D. Candidate of Archaeology, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan AD - BA in Archaeology, Iranian CHTO, Hamadan AD - BA in Physical Anthropology, Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research, Tehran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 117 EP - 129 KW - Malayer, Samen City, Handmade Subterranean Architecture, Burial KW - Parthian DO - 10.22059/jarcs.2015.57751 N2 - The handmade subterranean architectural structure is a special kind of architecture that is in its creation does not require any construction materials but it needs many efforts and hard working to be produced The different types of this kind are visible in the different parts of Iran. A unique collection of this type of architecture is the troglodytic architectural complex of Samen, located about 90 km from the south of Hamadan, 15 km from the south west of Malayer. Accessibility to this complex has been possible first in 2006. This site is composed of about 50 troglodytic architectural spaces in different sizes including corridors, halls and rooms. Four successive research programs (identification, documentation, clearing and archeological excavations) were carried out on this complex from 2008 to 2011 conducted by one of us; Ali Khaksar. Field study of this complex brought to light not only the unknown characteristics of such subterranean architecture but resulted in to discover about 60 human bone fragments. Our comparative analysis on the materials found from the site as well as on the human bone fragments led to conclude the site has been in use during the Parthian period. UR - https://jarcs.ut.ac.ir/article_57751.html L1 - https://jarcs.ut.ac.ir/article_57751_d99a324609cca2d43be994a9ceea677b.pdf ER -