Journal of Archaeological Studies

An analysis on the political history of Indo-Parthian kingdom

tahere azizipoor

Volume 12, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 187-203

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.277123.142690

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Archaeologically, and historically Indo Parthian kingdoms is not a well-known for us they have not has been mentioned in mythological history and in the historical resources of early ... Read More

Introduction and Analysis of the Architecture of the Tomb of Sultan Ibrahim Reza in Darmian City and Reading the Relics of its Historical Writings

Ali asqar Mahmoodinasab; Seyyed rasool Mousavi Haji; abed taghavi

Volume 13, Issue 4 , September 2022, , Pages 189-213

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.280274.142706

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The study of Islamic Period buildings in Iran proves the presence of countless religious and non-religious tombs that are scattered in most parts of this border and region. As one of ... Read More

The Geographical and Cultural Boundaries of Central Zagros and Central Plateau of Iran

Abbas Motarjem; Rouhollah Yousefi Zoshk; Majid Zeyghami

Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 199-220

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.264896.142611

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The different environmental features of the Central Iranian Plateau and the Central Zagros region, including the type of access to hydrological resources adjacent to the climatically ... Read More

Archaeological/Archaeometric study by Using PIXE-Analyses on the Provenance and Production of the Luster Wares from the Underground Complex of Tappeh Ghaleh, Khomein, Iran

majid montazer zohouri; mohammad torkiha; hesam taheri

Volume 12, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 205-224

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.288850.142778

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Archaeologically, analytical research of chemical elements on ancient objects gives important information on the raw materials and the production techniques. PIXE analysis is one of ... Read More

The Role and Function of Shells and Shell Beads in the Temple Surkh Dom Lori

Parisa Naseri; Abbas Motarjem; David ُS Reese

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2023, , Pages 213-241

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.337720.143080

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Shell, as the natural shell of some mollusks, has always interested humans. Some of these ‎species have been part of man's diet since the beginning of his cultural development. ... Read More

Notes on the Sasanian Alabaster Disc in the Cleveland Museum of Art

Parasto Masjedi Khak; Mostafa Khazaie Kouhpar

Volume 13, Issue 4 , September 2022, , Pages 215-232

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.280949.142715

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Among the Sassanid artifacts is a disc at the Cleveland Museum of Art. There is no information about person engraved on the disk, just in the Cleveland Museum's recorded information, ... Read More Among the Sassanid artifacts is a disc at the Cleveland Museum of Art. There is no information about person engraved on the disk, just in the Cleveland Museum's recorded information, and idea of Dorothy Shepard, this hunter man is Ardeshir II of Sasanian Dynasty. Due to the unusual form and uniqueness of disc among the Tape Hesar Bronze Age culture works, and despite the fact that the motif and subject engraved on it are characteristic of the art of the Sassanid period; But with the help of archaeological data, interesting information can be provided. The objectives of this study are to understand the person engraved on this marble disk In this study, In addition, the authors try to evaluate the origin of the marble disk based on archaeological findings so that they can speculate about the geographical area production of this object and determine whether this work is the production of the area from which it was found. Or was it produced elsewhere in the realm of the Sassanid kingdom? the authors have shown similar examples of disks from the prehistoric period and have shown that the construction site of this object in North and Northeastern Iran is in sites that contain both Bronze Age cemetery and the Sassanid period remains. And the original disk belongs to the Bronze Age and the culture of Hesar / Gorgan, examples of which have been found in the tombs of this period. Also, considering the form and decoration of the crown engraved on this disc and its comparison with the crown of Ardeshir II in the Taq-e Bostan and the plate of Ardeshir II recovered from the Mes Aynak site in Afghanistan, it seems that Ardeshir II could not be the king engraved on this disk. The depicted person on this plate is probably one of the Sassanid princes who ruled the Northern region or one of the local dynasties kings; during early Islam of the region, dynasties that remained faithful to the Sassanid traditions for several centuries. However, we will need more information from archaeological or incidental findings to reinforce these ideas or change it.

Evidence of Administrative Technology during the Fourth Millennium BC in the Qazvin Plain, Iran

Niloufar Moghimi; Hossein Davoudi

Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 221-241

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.255851.142552

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The study of transition process of prehistoric societies from egalitarian stage to the classified and state, is one of the important subjects of archaeology. The administrative technology ... Read More

Cultural Developments in the East of Fars During the Fourth and Third Millennium BC

Majid Mansouri

Volume 12, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 225-245

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.256262.142557

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The first archaeological work in east of Fars, conducted by Sir A. Stein in 1934. However, an intensive survey, directed by De Miroschedji, was carried out in this region in 1971-72. ... Read More

Recognition of the Great Khorasan Road in the North of Markazi Province

majid montazer zohouri; esmail sharahi

Volume 13, Issue 4 , September 2022, , Pages 233-260

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.286724.142763

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Undoubtedly, the Great Khorasan Road, known as the Silk Road, has been one of the most important trade routes during the historical periods of Iran. In a comprehensive perspective this ... Read More

Technical and Historical Identification of Gilded Tiles in Islamic Architecture of Iran

Moslem Mishmastnehi; Mohammad Mortazavi

Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 243-261

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.264467.142608

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This article aims to reveal the technical and historical characterizations of gilded tile decorations from the Islamic period architecture of Iran. This research is based on several ... Read More

An Archeology Study of the Identification of Ilkhanid Coins (A Case Study of Abu Zaid Ilkhani's Golden Coins Discovered from Tabriz Jame Mosque in the National Museum of Iran)

Orinab Nazarean; Mohammad Mortezayi; Arman Shishegar; Reza Shabani

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2023, , Pages 243-259

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.269224.142761

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Coins are amongst the most recognized and protected data in archaeological research. For this very reason, they are used as a basis for detailed analytical and methodical research to ... Read More

Mountainous Passage of western Central Zagros and Khorasan High Road on the Akkadian Seals

Mohammad Amin Mirghaderi; Kamaleddin Niknami

Volume 12, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 247-266

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.256044.142556

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Abstract: Sar-e Pol-e Zahab region in the western of Central Zagros is located between Central Zagros highland and Mesopotamia and Khorasan high road as only western- eastern road passes ... Read More

Analysis of the Animal Motifs on the Bronze Pins Belong to The 3rdMillennium B.C in the Halil Roud Basin (Case Study)

Fahimeh Mousavi; Behzad Balmaki; Mohammad reza Saeedi

Volume 13, Issue 4 , September 2022, , Pages 261-282

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.286038.142758

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The Halil roud Basin is one of the known ancient sites of the 3rd millennium BC in southeastern Iran. From this basin, following archaeological studies in 2001, more than 300 archaeological ... Read More The Halil roud Basin is one of the known ancient sites of the 3rd millennium BC in southeastern Iran. From this basin, following archaeological studies in 2001, more than 300 archaeological sites during prehistoric to Islamic periods have been identified. The most important relics of this civilization belong to the 3rd millennium BC, which is comparable to the historical relics of the Mesopotamian, Elamite, Central Asian and the Indus Valley civilizations. The main issue of this research is to identify the civilization of Halil roud by studying the symbolic motifs of objects in the form of bar pins that have been identified from all over the Halilroud basin and are kept in the Harandi Museum in Kerman. These objects are 155 pieces of pins, which are a group of simple rods without patterns and 24 of them have a pin head decorated with animal, plant and geometric patterns. The purpose of this study is to introduce and recognize 3 pieces of the above-mentioned pins, which have been selected and studied due to the role the confrontation animals. The role of animals in these pins has been described descriptively-analytically and the themes of these three objects as cultural and artistic findings of Halil roud basin in a comparative study with the themes of the showing areas of the 3rdmillennium BC in southeastern Iran, the Mesopotamian and Central Asian civilization have been evaluated. From the perspective of studying the history of art, by collecting information in a field method, including observing these works in the museum, photography, design, and typology of the motifs, Technique and style of shapes, a comparative study of these motifs has been done. In addition to the field method, these analyzes have been completed using written documents and sources, as a result of the pin and as a result of examining these pins, it was found that the shape of the pins with the body shape of animals such as mountain goats standing on their front legs and symbolically feeding the tree, eagles with raised wings, snakes with open mouths and It is performed in an aggressive manner and the lions sitting in front of each other in a completely symmetrical manner and this state of their symmetry with each other induces their confrontation. Thus, these motifs have been categorized and evaluated in terms of animal confrontation, content and possibly mythological features.Considering the observation and comparison of these motifs, it can be acknowledged that these objects show the influence of the insight and awareness of the creators of these works and the systematic human interaction with the environment and common culture in the past. Which is created through the beliefs, beliefs and aesthetic sense of the producing artist and the similarity of these designs to the animals of other ancient sites shows the common nature of these areas and the cultural influence of artists on each other in creating works of art.

Archaeological Evidence of the Rise of the Dari Persian Language in Khorasan

Ali Hozhabri; Ahmadali Asadi

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2023, , Pages 261-292

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.343747.143121

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At the time of the invasion of Iran by the Arabs, the Dari Persian language flourished in the Greater Khorasan region. During the first two decades of the Arab invasion, Dari Persian, ... Read More

A Study and Analysis of Chalcolithic Period in Malayer Plain Based on Stratigraphic Excavation in Tape Gourab

esmail hemati Azandaryai; Ali Khaksar; parvaneh ahmad tajari

Volume 12, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 263-283

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.268866.142636

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Tape Gourab is located at Jourāb Village, a suburb of Malayer township in Hamadan province, adjacent to the link road Arak-Malayer. Archaeological researches led by Ali Khaksar conducted ... Read More

Archaeological analysis and investigations on Shaharyeri in Ardabil province

Alireza Hejebri Nobari; hamid khanali; anil yilmaz; seyed mehdi mosavi kohpar

Volume 12, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 267-283

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.256843.142561

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The Late Bronze Age and Iron Age I represent significant alterations in material and non-material culture of people living in the Iranian plateau. The knowledge and taking advantage ... Read More

Archaeology of Qara Dagh: Preliminary Report of the Survey of the Bronze and Iron Age Sites in Varzeqan Region (Iranian Azerbaijan)

Hossein Naseri Someeh; Alireza Hejebri Nobari; Erkan Konyar

Volume 13, Issue 4 , September 2022, , Pages 283-306

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.284880.142749

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Archaeological studies in the region of Qara Dagh (or Arasbaran) are of particular importance due to the fact that this region is located in the area between East-West (Iranian) Azerbaijan ... Read More Archaeological studies in the region of Qara Dagh (or Arasbaran) are of particular importance due to the fact that this region is located in the area between East-West (Iranian) Azerbaijan and Iran-Anatolian Plateau, as well as north to south of Caucasus-Iran. Archaeological activities in Qara Dagh are often aimed at conducting systematic research to explain the socio-political situations, investigate the cultural-technological currents and changes, explore the connecting and commercial routes of Northern region of Azerbaijan during the Bronze and Iron ages, outline the long-term scientific landscape, and also to understand the archaeological status of the region, relying on field and laboratory methods. The first season of this project, in 2017, dealt with identification of the Bronze and Iron Age sites of Varzeqan city. During the present survey, have been recorded 143 sites from the early Bronze Age to the Iron Age III in the region; and from the most important results of this survey, the changes recorded during the transitions from each period to the next period in relation to demographic changes, settlement patterns and location selecting, evaluating the landscape and natural resources in order to be aware of food networks and economic systems, studying the ecology of the region, livelihood approaches and burial methods can be mentioned. According to this evidence, settlements have been very limited in the region during the early Bronze Age. With the collapse of semi-farmer communities in the early Bronze Age, nomadic life was limitedly formed in the middle of the Bronze Age. In the late of Middle Bronze Age, once again, with the formation of sedentary communities, an increase in the population of the region and the emergence of social complexities are seen during the late Bronze Age to the Iron Age II, followed by the establishment of a primitive class society which was formed under the administration of local small rulers

The Chronological Analysis and Process of Evolution of Settlements from The Uruk Period to the End of Neo- Elamite Period, in The Deh Luran Plain (Patak)

shaghayegh Hourshid

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2023, , Pages 293-324

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.348647.143159

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The beginning of field research in the Deh Luran Plain dates back to the early twentieth century. During this period, researches have been mainly focused on the northwestern part of ... Read More

Chronology and Functional Analysis of the Site Known as Qale-e Sam in the Historical Province of Masbazan (Ilam Province)

Younes Yousefvand; Farshad Miri

Volume 13, Issue 4 , September 2022, , Pages 307-330

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.288249.142774

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Qaleh Sam is located in Holeylan district in Sirvan/Shirvan County in the northeast of Ilam province. This monument is one of the worthy Iranian architecture in the central Zagros cultural ... Read More Qaleh Sam is located in Holeylan district in Sirvan/Shirvan County in the northeast of Ilam province. This monument is one of the worthy Iranian architecture in the central Zagros cultural zone. Despite its importance, this monument is unknown until now. Qaleh Sam is located in Si’pelah canyon on the border of Lorestan and Ilam provinces. In Si’pelah, in addition to Qaleh Sam, remains some of the other buildings such as: a bridge, some military installations, a Char Taq, a water mill, and two ruined sites. The distribution pattern of these monuments in Si’pelah Canyon shows that they are related to Qaleh Sam, and they could be interpreted together. As the focal point of formation for the architetural complex in Si’pelah canyon the Qale Sam has archaeological and architectural values. The main structure of this monument consists of a residential building with a focal char tag in down and a fortress on top. Nevertheless, it has been neglected by researchers and its historical and functional nature remains unclear. The purpose of this paper is the introduction the Qale Sam by relying on archaeological findings and existing architectural evidence and evaluating and analyzing functional identity and its chronology. The research approach is historical and findings have been collected through field methods and the study of library texts. The study of archaeological and architectural findings of Qale Sam along with the study of its geographic location and the analysis of the spatial organization of all works in Si’pelah canyon show that Qaleh Sam has been a security residency of a high-grade person. The analysis of these monument in the regional context indicated that it has been built based on political and security objectives in a mountainous situation, with the creation of several military structures around it. Architectural elements, scattered pottery on surface, and stucco decorations used in the building show that Qale Sam was constructed in the late Sassanid period and the early Islamic centuries.

Subsistence Economy of the Late Neolithic Society of Tepe Khaleseh

Hamid Reza Valipour; Hekmatollah Mollasalehi; Artism Bakhtiyarvand Bakhtiary; Seyedeh Masoumeh Fazeli; Jade Whitlam; Anna Gręzak

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2023, , Pages 325-353

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.309355.142921

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One of the most important subjects regarding the Neolithic period is the change of the subsistence economy in the societies of this period compared to the previous periods. The most ... Read More

Study and Introduction of Iron Age pottery of Nay Tappeh: Gorgan Plain"

Mahdi Jahed; Kamaleddin Niknami; Jebraeel Nokandeh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 13 September 2021

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.323464.143017

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The Varkaneh / Hyrcania (Gorgan plain, Dehistan/Mashhad-i Misrian) is one of the important archaeological regions of the Iranian cultural sphere. Archaeological research in this area ... Read More

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Cultural Interactions of Boshar River Basin with Other Related Areas and Basins in Bronze Age Based on Comparative Typological Studies of Dezak Pottery Complex

Siavash Soraghi; Hassan Fazeli nashli; Morteza Hessari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 November 2021

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.333281.143064

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Archaeological excavations in the Boshar River Basin in Kohkiluyeh Provinces have provided evidence for the first time in connection with ancient and Middle Bronze Age cultures in ... Read More

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The position of Zahak complex in spreading Mithraism and its related architecture

amin moadi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 January 2022

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.85614

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During history, few eras have been as ambiguous and dark as Parthians. In this way, historians undervalue the era between downfall of Achaemenian Monarchy till the formation of Sasanian ... Read More

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Survey of the Grave goods of the Sassanid period Northern Iran (metal utensils) from archaeological excavations

soheil ahmadi vastani; Jebrael Nokandeh; mostafa dehpahlavan

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 29 November 2022

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.337911.143082

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The period between the third and sixth centuries AD (Sassanid period) is very important in terms of archeology and the study of cultural changes and transformations of the Iranian plateau. ... Read More

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A New perspective of cenotaph Tradition in Eastern Iran: Case Studies from Shahr-e Sokhteh, Shahdad (Khabis) and Khonaman

Hassan Basafa; sadegh davari; Nasir Eskandari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 January 2023

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.342386.143111

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Recognition of burial methods and interpretation of grave artifacts are reflection of human beliefs about the other world, customs, religious beliefs as well as social structures and ... Read More

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