Emergence of Pre-Governmental Institutions in Central Iranian Plateau: Ruling Lords in the Proto-Elamite Period at Pishva’s Tepe Sophalin
Emergence of Pre-Governmental Institutions in Central Iranian Plateau: Ruling Lords in the Proto-Elamite Period at Pishva’s Tepe Sophalin

Mortezā Hesāri; Rūhollah Yūsefi Zoshk

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 1-22

Abstract
  The present article investigates the administrative structure of the Pottery Mound from an administrative management point of view. Data obtained from excavation of the Pottery Mound ...  Read More
Ancient Mines and Slag Sites in Bardsir Region
Ancient Mines and Slag Sites in Bardsir Region

Alirezā Khosrowzādeh

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 23-37

Abstract
  Bardsir region is one of the richest regions of metallic deposits, especially copper, in the east of Iranian Plateau. Most of the metallic deposits in Bardsir region are located on ...  Read More
Place of Donations and Sacrifices
Place of Donations and Sacrifices

Armān Shishehgar

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 39-47

Abstract
  By appearance of human societies, the spiritual needs of different individuals and societies to worship the creator and to donate in order to attain the health and to fulfill the wishes ...  Read More
Persepolis Fortification Tablets:
Writing and texts type
Persepolis Fortification Tablets: Writing and texts type

Bahman Firouzmandi; Makvandi Leilā

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 49-62

Abstract
  In Great Achaemenian empire different writings and languages have been used in diverse areas of the Achaemenian dominion for doing administrative-economic activities in administrative ...  Read More
Vigol and Harāskān, Two Cities; A Study Based on Archaeological Data 
in Transformation from Sassanid Era to the Islamic Period
Relying Upon Archeological Data
Vigol and Harāskān, Two Cities; A Study Based on Archaeological Data in Transformation from Sassanid Era to the Islamic Period Relying Upon Archeological Data

Hassan Karimiyān; Mohsen Jāveri

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 63-83

Abstract
  The vast ancient area of Vigol located in the northern part of the city of ?r?n-o-Bidgol was identified by the authors of the present article in Autumn 2006 and underwent a systematic ...  Read More
Decorative Stamps in Ilkhanid Architecture
Decorative Stamps in Ilkhanid Architecture

Ārash Lashkari; Hamid Khatib-Shahidi; Javād Neyestāni; Alirezā Hozhabri Nobari

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 85-102

Abstract
  In Islamic architecture, the architect always tried to decorate the internal and external areas in different ways. One type of these decorations is called Brick Working, which was current ...  Read More
An Archeological Study on the Location of the Ancient City of Veymeh or Deymeh
An Archeological Study on the Location of the Ancient City of Veymeh or Deymeh

Mohammad Mortezāi; Ali Farhāni

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 103-120

Abstract
  Historians and geographers of the early and middle centuries of the Islamic period have recorded a place known as Veymeh or Deymeh in their writings, which have apparently been among ...  Read More
Reassessment of the Chronology of Ziwiyeh Remains
Reassessment of the Chronology of Ziwiyeh Remains

Amir Sā’èd Mūcheshi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 121-141

Abstract
  The archaeologists who have investigated Ziwiyeh have presented different views about the constructors of material culture and its artistic styles. The majority of them, relying on ...  Read More
Research Paper
Iran; Origin of So-Called Kūbācheh Pottery
Iran; Origin of So-Called Kūbācheh Pottery

Firūz Mahjūr

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 143-160

Abstract
  The Iranian origin of some pottery was confirmed by discovery of various types known as K?b?cheh, including black, green and colorful pens found in archeological excavations of the ...  Read More
Archeological Studies on Northern Karūn Basin
(Chahārmahāl-o-Bakhtiyārī Province
Archeological Studies on Northern Karūn Basin (Chahārmahāl-o-Bakhtiyārī Province

Ali-Asghar Nowrūzi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, Pages 161-175

Abstract
  Chah?rmah?l-o-Bakhtiy?r? Province has an area of some one percent of the area of Iran and is situated in the northern basin of Karun river, which is one of the most vital flows of the ...  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