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Journal of Archaeological Studies
University of Tehran
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Research Paper
Continuity of Saljuq Architecture in Iran, the Friday Mosque of Firdaus
Continuity of Saljuq Architecture in Iran, the Friday Mosque of Firdaus

Alireza Anisi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 1-16

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.366630.143239

Abstract
  This paper examines in detail the little-known Friday Mosque (masjid-i jāmi‘) of Firdaus, located southwest of the Khurasan, which has had a key role in developing Saljuq architecture ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Settlement Pattern of the Ancient Sites of the Southeastern Sub-Basins of the Caspian Sea, from a Hydro Geomorphological Perspective
The Settlement Pattern of the Ancient Sites of the Southeastern Sub-Basins of the Caspian Sea, from a Hydro Geomorphological Perspective

Afsaneh Ehdaei; Mehran Maghsoudi; Seyed Mohammad Zamanzadeh; Mojtaba Yamani

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 17-41

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.353608.143178

Abstract
  The presence of water resources, particularly rivers, significantly influences site selection. Throughout history, settling near rivers has brought numerous advantages, but it has also ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeobotanical Studies in Feyzabad Site, in Aran-o-Bidgol Town
Archaeobotanical Studies in Feyzabad Site, in Aran-o-Bidgol Town

Narjes Khan Fini; Reza Nouri Shadmahani; Mohsen Javeri; Mostafa Sarlak; Saman Soortiji

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 43-55

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.356585.143190

Abstract
  Archaeobotany is one of the interdisciplinary sciences in archaeology. Archaeobotany studies plant remains in archaeological contexts. Based on plant findings, it discusses topics such ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Study of Mining and Metallurgy in the Central Part of Bam County Based on Archaeological Surveys and Historical Sources
The Study of Mining and Metallurgy in the Central Part of Bam County Based on Archaeological Surveys and Historical Sources

Nazanin Khojasteh behzadi; Farzad Mafi; Seyed mohammadamin Emami

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 57-73

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.358920.143203

Abstract
  The Kerman region stands out as one of the most significant mining areas globally, owing to its extensive and abundant mineral resources. Bam County, situated in the southeastern part ...  Read More
Research Paper
Mineralogy and Elemental Analysis of Sasanian-Early Islamic Potsherds from the Jahangir Archaeological Monument in Ilam Based on Petrography, XRF, ICP
Mineralogy and Elemental Analysis of Sasanian-Early Islamic Potsherds from the Jahangir Archaeological Monument in Ilam Based on Petrography, XRF, ICP

Leila Khosravi; Milad Baghsheikhi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 75-91

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.354447.143181

Abstract
  To date, no experimental investigations utilizing petrographic, XRF, ICP, or TL methodologies have been undertaken for the analysis of Sasanian and Early Islamic pottery in Western ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological Lnvestigation of Administrative Documents and Records within the Chalcolithic Societies of Northwestern Iran
Archaeological Lnvestigation of Administrative Documents and Records within the Chalcolithic Societies of Northwestern Iran

Reza Rezaloo; Ali Karimikiya; Akbar Abedi; Rouhollah Mohammadi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 93-112

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.364958.143230

Abstract
  Analyzing administrative documents holds significant importance within the realms of archaeology and sociology, akin to the study of other archaeological evidence. These examinations ...  Read More
Research Paper
Preliminary Study and Introduction of Recovered Armaments from Parthian Catacombs at Vestemin, Kiasar, Sari, Considering 2015, 2017, and 2018
Preliminary Study and Introduction of Recovered Armaments from Parthian Catacombs at Vestemin, Kiasar, Sari, Considering 2015, 2017, and 2018

Abdolmotaleb Sharifi Holaei; Bahman Firouzmandi Shirah Jini; kamal aldin Niknami

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 113-131

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.340656.143101

Abstract
  The contractor of the gas line transition from Damghan to Neka destroyed and recovered two tombs in 2014. The site is located 80 km south of Sari. Archaeological excavations led to ...  Read More
Research Paper
Absolute (14C AMS) and Relative Chronologies of Barveh Tepe in the Upper Lesser Zab Basin and a Study of Painted Bronze Age Ceramics(Based on the Second Season Excavation)
Absolute (14C AMS) and Relative Chronologies of Barveh Tepe in the Upper Lesser Zab Basin and a Study of Painted Bronze Age Ceramics(Based on the Second Season Excavation)

Mahnaz Sharifi; Barbara Helwing

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 133-153

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.360950.143217

Abstract
  Excavations in Tepe Barveh were conducted with the aim to shed further light on the period of painted Bronze Age wares and to refine the existing chronology for the Lesser Zab Basin ...  Read More
Research Paper
From Apavortene to Abivard: Feasibility and Identification of the Early Parthian City of Dara in Northeastern Iran
From Apavortene to Abivard: Feasibility and Identification of the Early Parthian City of Dara in Northeastern Iran

Seyed Mehdi Mousavinia; Hassan Nami

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 155-166

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.356117.143188

Abstract
  According to classical texts, Dara stands out as a significant city from the early Parthian era, situated on the eastern fringes of the Parthian Empire. Classical sources have documented ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Archaeological Analysis of the Existing Shell Vessels (Libation Shell) in the Archaeological Contexts of the Iranian Plateau in the Third to the First Millennium B.C.
An Archaeological Analysis of the Existing Shell Vessels (Libation Shell) in the Archaeological Contexts of the Iranian Plateau in the Third to the First Millennium B.C.

Parisa Naseri; Abbas Motarjem; David S. Reese

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 167-183

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.342641.143113

Abstract
  Sea shells are natural-biological objects. They are embedded in geological layers in the form of fossils, but also, to find in archaeological deposits as a result of human activities. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Historical Approach to the Relative Chronology of Caravansarai of Alaki, Near Marand
The Historical Approach to the Relative Chronology of Caravansarai of Alaki, Near Marand

Ali Nemati-Babaylou; Mahsa Saidi -Mehrabad

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 185-201

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.344774.143137

Abstract
  Due to the importance of Tabriz in various historical periods after the Mongol’s invasion to the end of the Qajar period, as continuously being the capital city or the residence ...  Read More
Research Paper
Revisit the Kura-Araxes: The Absolute and Relative Chronology of Qaleh Tepe and Ali Yourd Tepe, Zanjan Province, Iran
Revisit the Kura-Araxes: The Absolute and Relative Chronology of Qaleh Tepe and Ali Yourd Tepe, Zanjan Province, Iran

Amir sadegh Naghshineh; Barbara Helwing; HASSAN Fazeli Nashli

Volume 15, Issue 2 , December 2023, Pages 203-224

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.371269.143246

Abstract
  The communities of the Kura- Araxes cultural complex with their highly distinctive cultural and economic features represent the occupation of some parts of the Near East and Caucasia ...  Read More
Presentation of 12 Kinds of Stucco Works Used in the Architectural Decoration of the Islamic Period in Iran 
Based on Technical Properties
Presentation of 12 Kinds of Stucco Works Used in the Architectural Decoration of the Islamic Period in Iran Based on Technical Properties

Ahmad Sālehi Kākhki; Hesām Aslāni

Volume 3, Issue 1 , July 2011, , Pages 89-1069

Abstract
  According to technical presages, in the preliminary studies, we have found that there are at least 12 different kinds of stucco decorations belonging to the Islamic periods of Iran. ...  Read More
Animal Symbolic Motifs of the Sasanian Seals and Clay Sealings 
Case Study: Collection of Moghadam Museum of Tehran
Animal Symbolic Motifs of the Sasanian Seals and Clay Sealings Case Study: Collection of Moghadam Museum of Tehran

Mostafa Dehpahlavan; Mohamad Qanavati Hendigani

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, , Pages 47-67

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57747

Abstract
  Seals and clay sealings are the most important cultural material of Sasanian period. There have been a few seals and bullas of various periods retained in the Moghadam Museum of Tehran. ...  Read More
A Study on the Parthian Burial Traditions at Veliran Cemetery in Damavand, Iran
A Study on the Parthian Burial Traditions at Veliran Cemetery in Damavand, Iran

Mohammad Reza Nemati; Ali Sadraei

Volume 4, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 103-121

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2013.32122

Abstract
  Since the ancient times, burial practices have displayed certain characteristics among different Iranian ethnic groups and regions were influenced by the local religious orientations, ...  Read More
How Darius Build the Suez Canal?
Its Political-Economic Impact in Achaemenid Period
How Darius Build the Suez Canal? Its Political-Economic Impact in Achaemenid Period

Rahim Velāyati

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, , Pages 177-201

Abstract
  If we consider the starting of Achaemenian Empire in 559 BC, the year that Cyrus, the second, came to power and its ending in 332 BC, the year that Iran was conquered by Alexander, ...  Read More
The Bathhouse of Haj Mir-Hassan Qazvin, a Bath from Early Qajar Era
The Bathhouse of Haj Mir-Hassan Qazvin, a Bath from Early Qajar Era

Parivash Akbari; Hayedeh Laleh; Ali Shojaee Esfahani

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2012, , Pages 193-219

Abstract
  The public bathhouses are included in buildings as public utilities that have been expanded throughout Islamic realm by arising Islamic religion that cleaning is the preamble for most ...  Read More
Research Paper
Study and Introduction of Iron Age pottery of Nay Tappeh: Gorgan Plain"
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

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

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

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

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

Abstract
  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
Research Paper
Absolute (14C AMS) and Relative Chronologies of Barveh Tepe in the Upper Lesser Zab Basin and a Study of Painted Bronze Age Ceramics(based on the Second Season Excavation)
Absolute (14C AMS) and Relative Chronologies of Barveh Tepe in the Upper Lesser Zab Basin and a Study of Painted Bronze Age Ceramics(based on the Second Season Excavation)

mahnaz sharifi; barbara helwing

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 June 2023

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.351116.143168

Abstract
  Excavations in Tepe Barveh were conducted with the aim to shed further light on the period of painted Bronze Age wares and to refine the existing chronology for the Lesser Zab Basin ...  Read More
Research Paper
Maritime trade between Iran and China in the first to tenth centuries AH based on the excavated pottery from the Persian Gulf region
Maritime trade between Iran and China in the first to tenth centuries AH based on the excavated pottery from the Persian Gulf region

tayebe rahimi; hassan karimiyan; kazem omidi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 05 December 2023

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.364689.143229

Abstract
  Evidence has shown that the history of communication between the people of Iran and China goes back long before the rise of Islam. Attested by textual sources and archeological documents, ...  Read More
Research Paper
A research on Zoroastrian religion of the Sassanid period on the shores of the Persian Gulf
Case study: Mehr Nuyafete from Bardestan, Bandar Deir, Bushehr province
A research on Zoroastrian religion of the Sassanid period on the shores of the Persian Gulf Case study: Mehr Nuyafete from Bardestan, Bandar Deir, Bushehr province

Hossein Tofighian; Fariba Sharifian; Katayon Fekripour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.364329.143228

Abstract
  During the Sassanid period, due to the prosperity of Zoroastrian religion, religious buildings were built in the form of four-story fire temples. These fire temples included four-room ...  Read More
Research Paper
Comparative comparison of Tools and Archeological Textiles of the Bronze Age (Shahr-i- Sokhtah), with similar today examples
Comparative comparison of Tools and Archeological Textiles of the Bronze Age (Shahr-i- Sokhtah), with similar today examples

Haleh Helali Esfahani

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 27 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.360834.143216

Abstract
  Shahr-i- Sokhtah, with a large amount of cultural data, has a special importance and position compared to other sites of the third millennium BC in the Iranian plateau; Because the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Explaining the Role of Ecological Variables Affecting the Survival Process - Development and Stagnation of Ardabil Islamic City Life
Explaining the Role of Ecological Variables Affecting the Survival Process - Development and Stagnation of Ardabil Islamic City Life

seyyd mehdi Hosseyni nia; Karim Hajizade; Habib shahbazi Shiran; reza rezaloo

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.284959.142750

Abstract
  Ardebil is Due to its geographical and strategic location, one of the most important capital of the state of Azerbaijan, as well as a crossroads of communication in economic and commercial ...  Read More
Research Paper
Study and analysis of the chalcolithic period of Moghan plain based on archaeological data of yatag tepesi
Study and analysis of the chalcolithic period of Moghan plain based on archaeological data of yatag tepesi

Ali Karimikiya; Reza Rezaloo; Akbar Abedi; Ardeshir Javanmardzade

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.319501.142989

Abstract
  The Aras river and other rivers in the Moghan region have played an important role in the formation of prehistoric sites. Although the Moghan plain has not received much attention in ...  Read More
Research Paper
Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Synchrotron based Diffraction in Identifying the Technology and Structure of Celadons from the city of Gour.
Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Synchrotron based Diffraction in Identifying the Technology and Structure of Celadons from the city of Gour.

Majid Montazer zohouri; Remy Chapoulie; Mohammadamin Emami

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.363663.143227

Abstract
  The use of high-energy synchrotron rays in order to identify and characterize historical and cultural materials as accurately as possible, usually in a non-destructive manner and with ...  Read More
Research Paper
Qala-Kohzad Weyzenhar/Veyzenyar : A Parthian Mithraeum or a Sasanian fire temple?
Qala-Kohzad Weyzenhar/Veyzenyar : A Parthian Mithraeum or a Sasanian fire temple?

Younes Yousefvand; Farshad Miri; mousa sabzi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 20 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.367985.143243

Abstract
  The Monument of Qala-Kohzad was built on the heights of Weyzenhar/Veyzenyar Mountain in the southwest of Roumeshgan Plain (west of Lorestan). The archeological excavation of the site ...  Read More
Research Paper
Recreating the Epic in History; Bahram Chubine's imitation of the legend of Arash Kamangir
Recreating the Epic in History; Bahram Chubine's imitation of the legend of Arash Kamangir

ali akbar mesgar; sara okhravi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.373773.143254

Abstract
  Historical data and reports have the ability to be matched with mythological and epic content. The emergence of special conditions in history and its similarity with epic or mythological ...  Read More
Research Paper
Studying Beveled Rim Bowls of Kaleh Kub using petrography and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy methods
Studying Beveled Rim Bowls of Kaleh Kub using petrography and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy methods

Nazli Darkhal; Mohamad Hossein Azizi Kharanaghi; Yasin Sedghi; Seyed Iraj Beheshti

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 April 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.371275.143247

Abstract
  Pottery is the first technological product of humans, a combination of clay and water that, when heated, was produced in the Middle East at least nine thousand years ago. Prehistoric ...  Read More

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