Journal of Archaeological Studies

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 ... Read More

Research Paper

Newly-dedicated Urartian inscription from Bastam by Rusa II

Maryam Dara; Gholam Shirzadeh; Reza Heydari; Ali Khorablou

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 19-36

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

Abstract

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. ... Read More

Research Paper

The Creative Millennia: Highlighting the Transitional Neolithic (ca. 9800-8000 BCE) in the Central Zagros, Iran

Hojjat Darabi

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 37-58

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

Abstract

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 ... Read More 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

Research Paper

Investigating and introducing signs of Achamenid Shekel coins, from the collection of Mazandaran Museum

Saman Soortiji; Kamaleddin Niknami; Hayedeh Khamseh

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 59-85

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

Abstract

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 ... Read More

Research Paper

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

Mahnaz Sharifi

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 87-110

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

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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 ... Read More

Research Paper

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

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 111-132

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

Abstract

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, ... Read More

Research Paper

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

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 133-152

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

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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, ... Read More

Research Paper

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

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 153-180

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

Abstract

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 ... Read More

Research Paper

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

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 181-197

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

Abstract

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 ... Read More

Research Paper

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

Reza Naseri; Malekzadeh Mehrdad

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, Pages 199-224

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

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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 ... Read More

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

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Newly-dedicated Urartian inscription from Bastam by Rusa II

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The Creative Millennia: Highlighting the Transitional Neolithic (ca. 9800-8000 BCE) in the Central Zagros, Iran

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Investigating and introducing signs of Achamenid Shekel coins, from the collection of Mazandaran Museum

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

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

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

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

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

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

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