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Journal of Archaeological Studies
University of Tehran
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Research Paper
The problem of religious tolerance among the Mongol Ilkhans in the Sham Valley and northwestern Iran(Jolfa)
The problem of religious tolerance among the Mongol Ilkhans in the Sham Valley and northwestern Iran(Jolfa)

soraya afshari; Liliy Niakan; Behrooz Omrani; Mohammad Mortezayi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.323475.143018

Abstract
  . In this connection, in Shamsi in 1398, a survey was conducted with the aim of identifying and investigating patriarchal sites along the Aras River, mainly in the Shamsi valley area ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Archaeological Survey of Shahivand Region in Chegeni County, Lorestan Province
The Archaeological Survey of Shahivand Region in Chegeni County, Lorestan Province

Mohammad Bahrami

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.357444.143193

Abstract
  Chegani county is located in the western of Lorestan province, In order to complete the studies and investigations carried out in Lorestan province, in the summer of 2012, Shahivand ...  Read More
Research Paper
Typo-technological Classification of the Chipped Stone Assemblage of Hotu Cave from Mesolithic to Transitional Chalcolithic: Reflections on Local Raw Material Procurement in Ecozone of Littoral Caspian Sea
Typo-technological Classification of the Chipped Stone Assemblage of Hotu Cave from Mesolithic to Transitional Chalcolithic: Reflections on Local Raw Material Procurement in Ecozone of Littoral Caspian Sea

Mozhgan Jayez

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.357605.143194

Abstract
  Prehistoric investigations in the southeast of the Caspian Sea started over a century ago. Today, the region is now well known mainly with its four caves: Kamarband, Hotu, Komishan ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological landscape reading
Archaeological landscape reading

fatemeh heidari; homa irani behbahani

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.315621.142968

Abstract
  AbstractToday's living environment, the result of the relationships between people living there and nature, has been around since the birth of the human species on Earth. Human activities ...  Read More
Research Paper
An investigation and typology of stone implements of Tol-e Chega Sofla, a Middle Susiana period
An investigation and typology of stone implements of Tol-e Chega Sofla, a Middle Susiana period

Abdulwahab Dahdouh; Abbas Moghaddam; Nasir Eskandari

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.355732.143185

Abstract
  The Middle Susiana period in the southwest of Iran has several characteristics, the most important of which are the development of agriculture villages and animal husbandry with the ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Preliminary Study of Sasanian Bullae held in the Shahrood Museum
A Preliminary Study of Sasanian Bullae held in the Shahrood Museum

AbbasAli Rezaeinia

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.359374.143208

Abstract
  The Shahrood Museum holds 32 Sasanian clay bullae that were confiscated in 2005. These bullae hold invaluable information, contributing substantially to our understanding of Sasanian ...  Read More
Research Paper
Systematic survey and site formation process of Khanesar 1, A Paleolitic site in East of Mazandaran Province
Systematic survey and site formation process of Khanesar 1, A Paleolitic site in East of Mazandaran Province

hosein ramzanpour; Kamaleddin Niknami; Sajjad Alibaigi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.322540.143010

Abstract
  Study of climatic changes impact in formation process of Paleolithic site of Khaneh-sar1. Southeast of the Caspian SeaKhaneh sar 1 is a geological facies consisting of Pleistocene deposits ...  Read More
Research Paper
Forging historical and cultural monuments in Iran
Forging historical and cultural monuments in Iran

mohamad reza zahedi; hasan karimian

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.285309.142753

Abstract
  Since the beginning of the Enlightenment, since the beginning of the 18th century and the formation of museums, galleries and private collections, museums and galleries, it is necessary ...  Read More
Research Paper
Iconographical analysis of the royal hunting scene  on the Sasanian bear hunting plate of Abkhazia Museum
Iconographical analysis of the royal hunting scene on the Sasanian bear hunting plate of Abkhazia Museum

Esmaeil Sangari; Farzad Rafieifar; Sara yousefi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2024.366742.143237

Abstract
  The bear hunting silver plate of the Abkhazia Museum is one of the artworks of the Sasanian period that depiction of bears being hunted and the use of a lasso as the hunting weapon ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological survey of the water supply system and water cycle in ʿĀli Qāpu Palace of Isfahan
Archaeological survey of the water supply system and water cycle in ʿĀli Qāpu Palace of Isfahan

Ali Shojaee Esfahani

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.360435.143214

Abstract
  ʿĀli Qāpu Palace among the magnificent buildings constructed during the Safavid period (907-1135 AH) in Isfahan, is considered one of the most famous ones. Although the Palace has ...  Read More
Research Paper
Semantic analysis of rock art in the villages of Moin-Abad, Darbar, Haftan, and Qaleh Gandam-Koh of Tafarsh city.
Semantic analysis of rock art in the villages of Moin-Abad, Darbar, Haftan, and Qaleh Gandam-Koh of Tafarsh city.

Maryam Mohebali; Ahmad Aliyari

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.359699.143221

Abstract
  Ancient artists used simple lines to create images of the artistic object (stone) and put their mark and identity on it.If we accept the principle that every work of art has a technical ...  Read More
Research Paper
The historical earthquake of 856 AD Qumis:
A review of paleoseismological studies of the Astaneh Fault System, Central Alborz
The historical earthquake of 856 AD Qumis: A review of paleoseismological studies of the Astaneh Fault System, Central Alborz

Hamid Nazari; Jean-François ritz; Magali Rizza; Reza Salamati; shenon mahan; mohammad ali shokri; J-L Michelot; m Massault; mohammad foroutan; Shirin Zarei

Volume 16, Issue 1 , February 2024, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.358711.143202

Abstract
  AbstractThe Astaneh Fault is classically described as the source of the most destructive seismic event in the history in North-Eastern Iran, the 856 Qumis earthquake with an estimated ...  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

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