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Shahdad is located on the western side of the Lut desert in the central Iranian Plateau. Shahdad has been a major focus of archaeological and archaeometallurgical research in the region due to extensive metallurgical activities documented at the site during the Bronze Age and for having the most abundant remains of copper metallurgy in southeastern Iran. The ... بیشتر

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Newly-dedicated Urartian inscription from Bastam by Rusa II

Maryam Dara؛ Gholam Shirzadeh؛ Reza Heydari؛ Ali Khorablou

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 19-36

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.337586.143079

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The Urartians ruled over the shores of Lakes of Van, Sevan and Urmia from ca. the 9th to 7th centuries B.C. There are several stone and rock inscriptions remained in northwest of Iran. A new Urartian stone inscription is dedicated in Maku Office of Cultural Heritage of the province and is in Urmia Museum at the moment. It was discovered during a construction ... بیشتر

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The creative millennia: highlighting transitional Neolithic (ca. 9800-8000 BC) in the central Zagros

Hojjat Darabi

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 37-58

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.343781.143122

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The Central Zagros received pioneering research on the emergence of early agricultural and village life by R. Braidwood in 1959-60. However, later shifts in research toward the Levant put the Central Zagros in shadow for several decades until recently, when investigations have once again highlighted its key place in the Neolithization processes in West Asia. ... بیشتر The Central Zagros received pioneering research on the emergence of early agricultural and village life by R. Braidwood in 1959-60. However, later shifts in research toward the Levant put the Central Zagros in shadow for several decades until recently, when investigations have once again highlighted its key place in the Neolithization processes in West Asia. Unlike the Levant, where a protracted change from the Epipaleolithic to the Neolithic is seen, the border line between these two periods is evidently sharp in the Central Zagros suggesting that unprecedented features appeared during the first two millennia of the Holocene, a foundational time that is poorly known in the region. In light of new evidence, this period is addressed here under the chronological term ‘Transitional Neolithic’ (ca. 9800-8000 BCE). Current datasets suggest that, following an environmental improvement at the end of the Younger Dryas, local communities engaged in short-term inhabitations, collective or communal ceremonies, and had an increasing reliance on the wild progenitors of early domestic plant and animal species. This time span’s close interactions with natural resources provided people with growing ecological knowledge. We may think of longer occupation in desirable places and thereby population increases in the 9th millennium BCE. This instead could have gradually resulted in an environmental depression, however, caused either by population growth or by possible unfavorable climatic events. Archaeological evidence shows that from the mid-9th millennium BCE on, a change happened in subsistence strategies toward low-level food production. In fact, this was an eco-cultural event that broadened the human diet. The central Zagros saw multiple creative behaviors during both the early and late phases of the Transitional Neolithic, providing people with a robust foundation for the succeeding truly Neolithic way of life that took shape during the 8th millennium BCE

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Investigating and Introducing Signs of Achamenid Shekel Coins, from the Collection of Mazandaran Museum

Saman Soortiji؛ Kamaleddin Niknami؛ Hayedeh Khamseh

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 59-85

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.340317.143099

چکیده

The present paper involves the investigation and identification of the insignia of 240 Achamenid shekels, from the collection of the Mazandaran Museum. Investigation of law enforcement indicates that the collection was seized from looters in the Asalooyeh region (ambiguous locality). Subsequent preliminary work suggests these are typical coins of seven kings ... بیشتر

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Gird-i Ashoan during the Late Chalcolithic, Based on the Second Season of Excavation in Northwestern Iran

Mahnaz Sharifi

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 87-110

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.322632.143011

چکیده

Excavations at Gird-i Ashoan, an archaeological mound in Piranshahr County in the Lower Zab Basin, have provided remarkable insights into the cultural traditions of the region during the Late Chalcolithic. Whilst reflecting some indigenous peculiarities, its material culture exhibits broad affinities with Northwestern Iran, the Caucasus, and Anatolia. This evinces ... بیشتر

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Analysis of Neolithic Chipped Stones of South Lut and their Comparative Study with Southern Zagros Industries

Maryam Shakouei؛ Omran Garazhian؛ Rahmat Abbasnejad Seresti؛ Mohammad Ghamari Fatideh

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 111-132

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.305941.142899

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Artifacts recovered from the Bam surface survey and Tal Atashi excavations, as well as Kerman's discoveries, have sometimes been compared to the Neolithic industries of Balochistan, Pakistan, and have sometimes been described as having local characteristics. In this article, we analyze the artifacts mentioned with the samples found in the South Zagros according ... بیشتر

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The Eastern Iran Prehistoric Archaeological Project: The Second Season of Archaeological Excavation at Kale Kub, Southern Khorasan Province (2019)

Mohamad Hossein Azizi Kharanaghi؛ Masashi Abe

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 133-152

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.341819.143109

چکیده

After more than one hundred years from the beginning of archaeological studies in Iran, the eastern regions of the country have received scarce or no attention from archaeologists, and there are very limited publications resulting from archaeological activities in this part of Iran. The prehistoric site of Kale Kub Ayask is one of the few prehistoric sites of ... بیشتر

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The North and South Central Plateau of Iran During the Third and Second Millennium BCE (3200-1500 BCE) *

Hassan Fazeli Nashli؛ Siamak Sarlak؛ Javad Hoseinzadeh؛ Sahar Yazdani؛ Babak Rafiei-Alavi؛ Stacy .A. Carolin

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 153-180

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.348692.143160

چکیده

The societies of the northern and southern zones of the “Iranian Central Plateau” flourished during the last quarter of fourth millennium BCE. This floruit was marked by the rise of complex social systems, long distance trade, and new systems for the management of economic activities, such as the “proto-Elamite writing system” (Vidale ... بیشتر The societies of the northern and southern zones of the “Iranian Central Plateau” flourished during the last quarter of fourth millennium BCE. This floruit was marked by the rise of complex social systems, long distance trade, and new systems for the management of economic activities, such as the “proto-Elamite writing system” (Vidale 2018; Helwing 2019; Fazeli Nashli and Nokandeh 2019). This evidence supports the view that the inhabitants of the Iranian Plateau during this time were connected to each other, represented by a relatively uniform writing system and similar economic organization. However, nowadays we know that the similarity of the “Grey Ware Culture” occurring in Proto-Elamite sites of the north-central Plateau such as Sofalin, Qoli Darvish, Meymanatabad and Sialk also suggests inter-regional contact, beyond the “Proto-Elamite phenomenon” during the last quarter of fourth millennium BCE. The population of the whole of the north Central Plateau appears to have dispersed during the third millennium BCE and current information suggests that most Chalcolithic settlements were gradually abandoned beginning around 3400 BCE, and that the hiatus in settled occupation continued throughout the third millennium BCE. This may be connected with climatic events during the last quarter of the fourth millennium BCE, characterized by aridity and increased aeolian activity, which destabilized the agriculture system. As Vidale postulated (Vidale et al. 2018) the social evolution of the Central Plateau, based on non-centralized networks during the Chalcolithic period and were extinguished shortly after 3000 BC but shaped again shortly which was different from the previous period. This paper will summarize the findings of these excavations and propose a chronological framework for these social and cultural changes from the late fourth to the early 1st millennia BCE. In this paper we document the intra-regional societal developments and inter-regional material culture connections that made the third and second millennia BCE such a dynamic time.

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In Search of the Message of Srōš: Investigation of the Deity Srōš and his Iconography During the Sasanian Period

Rahele Koulabadi؛ Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar؛ Morteza Ataie

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 181-197

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.338945.143094

چکیده

Srōš is a great Zoroastrian diviniy in the Avesta and Middle Persian texts. He functioned as a warrior and a fighter against evil, a high priest, and one of the judges of the soul in the afterlife. In the Avesta, four separate hymns are dedicated to Srōš, which implies his important position among the Zoroastrian divinities. The name of Srōš ... بیشتر

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Qolam Tepe of Jafarabad: Recognition of the Sialk VI Satellite Site in Kashan Foothills

Reza Naseri؛ Malekzadeh Mehrdad

دوره 14، شماره 2 ، شهریور 1401، صفحه 199-224

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2022.337559.143081

چکیده

Until recently, the culture of the late Iron Age in the central Iranian Plateau had only been identified at the southern mound of Sialk. In this study, a newly discovered site, called Qolam Tepe, is introduced in the foothills of western Kashan at a very close distance to Sialk. None of the surface findings of Qolam Tepe show any era other than the Iron Age III, ... بیشتر

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دوره و شماره: دوره 14، شماره 2 - شماره پیاپی 30، شهریور 1401، صفحه 1-240

Re-tracing Copper Metallurgy in the Shahdad Region (3rd Millennium BCE)

چکیده

Newly-dedicated Urartian inscription from Bastam by Rusa II

چکیده

The creative millennia: highlighting transitional Neolithic (ca. 9800-8000 BC) in the central Zagros

چکیده

Investigating and Introducing Signs of Achamenid Shekel Coins, from the Collection of Mazandaran Museum

چکیده

Gird-i Ashoan during the Late Chalcolithic, Based on the Second Season of Excavation in Northwestern Iran

چکیده

Analysis of Neolithic Chipped Stones of South Lut and their Comparative Study with Southern Zagros Industries

چکیده

The Eastern Iran Prehistoric Archaeological Project: The Second Season of Archaeological Excavation at Kale Kub, Southern Khorasan Province (2019)

چکیده

The North and South Central Plateau of Iran During the Third and Second Millennium BCE (3200-1500 BCE) *

چکیده

In Search of the Message of Srōš: Investigation of the Deity Srōš and his Iconography During the Sasanian Period

چکیده

Qolam Tepe of Jafarabad: Recognition of the Sialk VI Satellite Site in Kashan Foothills

چکیده