Research Paper
New Findings on the Bead Making During the 3rd Millennium B.C. in the Rig Saray, Gav Khouni Basin, Central Iran
New Findings on the Bead Making During the 3rd Millennium B.C. in the Rig Saray, Gav Khouni Basin, Central Iran

Mohamad Esmail Ismaeili; Zahra Kamerani; Saeed Zolghadr

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 1-16

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56648

Abstract
  In February and March 2005, the archaeological survey of Righ Saray desert in the northern part of Varzaneh was conducted. Ancient Rigsray is an area which has been buried by the sandy ...  Read More
Research Paper
Statistical Study of the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid Silver Coins Using Elemental Analysis by PIXE Technique
Statistical Study of the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid Silver Coins Using Elemental Analysis by PIXE Technique

Parvin Oliaiy; Hossein Afarideh; Davoud Agha- Aligol

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 17-28

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56664

Abstract
  In this study, 27 Achaemenid coins, 62 Parthian coins, 66 Sassanid coins, have been analyzed. The Achaemenid coins as well as 20 Parthian coins belong to the National Museum of Iran ...  Read More
Research Paper
Settlement Patterns of Hamedan Late Chalcolithic Sites Based on the Rank-Size and Shanon Entropy Analyses
Settlement Patterns of Hamedan Late Chalcolithic Sites Based on the Rank-Size and Shanon Entropy Analyses

Behzad Balmaki; Kamal Aldin Niknami; Mohammad Reza Saeedi Harsini

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 29-45

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56668

Abstract
  This study assumes areas between the Central Zagros region and Central plateau of to play an important role in the shaping social and economic complexity and the formation of urban ...  Read More
Research Paper
One, Two, and Three: How to Count the Real Number of Archaeological Chipped Stones? An Experimental Investigation on the Counting Methods of Fragmentary Chipped Stones
One, Two, and Three: How to Count the Real Number of Archaeological Chipped Stones? An Experimental Investigation on the Counting Methods of Fragmentary Chipped Stones

Mozhgan Jayez; Hamed Vahdati Nasab

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 47-63

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56670

Abstract
  Chipped stones, like many other archaeological artifacts, change in their original context. One of the most important changes is breakage. Although it is clear that chipped stones which ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating a Royal Hunting Stucco Plaque  from Chal Tarkhan- Eshgh Abad
Investigating a Royal Hunting Stucco Plaque from Chal Tarkhan- Eshgh Abad

Mohammad Eghbal Chehri; Mehrnaz Behroozi; Seyyed Rasool Mousavi Haji

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 65-84

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56672

Abstract
  One of the most important sits of Sasanian period in Iran from which the Royal Hunting Plaques were recovered has been Chal Tarkhan of Eshgh Abad. There was a Sasanian palace containing ...  Read More
Research Paper
Domestication of Capra Hircus in Central Zagros Mountains of Iran, 
Based on Archaeogenetic Study of Goat Bone Samples from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of Cheea Sabz, Lorestan Provice
Domestication of Capra Hircus in Central Zagros Mountains of Iran, Based on Archaeogenetic Study of Goat Bone Samples from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Site of Cheea Sabz, Lorestan Provice

Farbod Haji Mazdarani; Morteza Hessari; Mohammad Taghi Akbari

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 85-94

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56674

Abstract
  According to zooarchaeological evidence, Central Zagros as a center of domestication experienced independently the first step of livestock domestications. It seems that Capra hircus ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Inscribed Cylindrical Seal with Ostrich Image From Lama Cemetery
An Inscribed Cylindrical Seal with Ostrich Image From Lama Cemetery

Amir Saed Mucheshi; Mohammad Javad Jafari

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 95-106

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56679

Abstract
  In the third season excavation of Lama Cemetery (Chal Shahin Lama), a cylindrical seal with inscription was found and because of its significance, it was introduced, compared and analyzed. ...  Read More
Research Paper
Human Ecology and Village Settlements in Northern Central Plateau of Iran
Human Ecology and Village Settlements in Northern Central Plateau of Iran

Farshid Mosadeghi Amini; Hekmatollah Molla Salehi

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 107-126

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56681

Abstract
  Human- environment interaction is among the subject matters explored by human ecology with the help of natural sciences based on anthropological and archaeological perspectives in an ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Archaeological Study on Accounting System in Prehistoric Human Societies of the Qazvin Plain: the Case of Tepe Zagheh
An Archaeological Study on Accounting System in Prehistoric Human Societies of the Qazvin Plain: the Case of Tepe Zagheh

Niloufar Moghimi

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 127-146

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56684

Abstract
  The study of the circumstances surrounding the development of record-keeping for information purposes, and of what these records looked like, in prehistoric human societies has always ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological Investigation of Göyce Qala: An Urartuian Castle in Maragheh Plain, Northwestern Iran
Archaeological Investigation of Göyce Qala: An Urartuian Castle in Maragheh Plain, Northwestern Iran

Hossein Naseri Som’eh; Bahman Firouzmandi; Mohsen Sa’dati

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2015, Pages 147-165

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.56685

Abstract
  According to the inscriptions the eastern and southern shores of Lake Urmia were occupied by Urartuian Empire in 9th century B.C. There have been evidences such as the inscribed documents ...  Read More