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Preliminary Study and Introduction of Recovered Armaments from Parthian Catacombs at Vestemin, Kiasar, Sari, Considering 2015, 2017, and 2018

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نویسندگان

Abdolmotaleb Sharifi Holaei 1
Bahman Firouzmandi Shirah Jini 2
kamal aldin Niknami 3

1 Ph.D. Candidate in Department of Archaeology, Tehran Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Professor of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor of Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.340656.143101
چکیده
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 discovering two historical cemeteries, settlements, and an Islamic castle and cemetery. Architectural remains and objects indicate historical catacomb burials. There are questions about the site including the architectural structure of the catacombs, burial method and dating. Systematic survey and excavation and subsequent comparison of data, with burial method, suggest a vast Parthian settlement in the site. Vestemin is the first Parthian site in Mazandaran. What distinguishes the site from the other Parthian cemeteries is the family catacombs. The Vestemin catacombs consist of three parts, including 1) the rectangular space or the corridor, 2) threshold or entrance between the rectangular space and the catacomb chamber, 3) the catacomb chamber. Armaments including swords, daggers, arrowheads, trefoil arrowheads, and armor were among the findings of the cemetery. Varieties of the objects and using armaments as gifts, had nothing to the deceased’s gender. Investigating the types of armaments reveal how the cavalries applied them, because armaments such as swords, daggers, and arrowheads, are light weapons that Agile Parthian cavalries used against the romans’ heavy weapons, as their classic enemy

کلیدواژه‌ها

armament
Sari
Vestemin
Parthian
archaeology
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  • تاریخ دریافت 26 اسفند 1400
  • تاریخ بازنگری 02 بهمن 1402
  • تاریخ پذیرش 20 شهریور 1401

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