Research Paper
A Typological Study of “Standing God on the Animals”
Motif from the Ancient Civilizations of Mesopotamia and Asia Minor
(Hittites, Sumer, Babylon and Assyria)
A Typological Study of “Standing God on the Animals” Motif from the Ancient Civilizations of Mesopotamia and Asia Minor (Hittites, Sumer, Babylon and Assyria)

Saeed Ahmadi Oliaei; Mohamad Azamzadeh

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 1-19

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59486

Abstract
  This paper discusses the adaptive typology of the motif “the standing god over the animal” in ancient arts of Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. The focus of attention is on Hittite ...  Read More
Research Paper
Ehics in Archaeology; Determination, Discussion and Review of the Theory and Practice of Ethics in Archaeology of Iran
Ehics in Archaeology; Determination, Discussion and Review of the Theory and Practice of Ethics in Archaeology of Iran

Behrouz Afkhami; Nemat Hariri; Samaneh Farokhi eisvand

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 21-36

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59488

Abstract
  Human, is basically moral inventory, that it has found its ethical aspects in the process of time. Today, with pluralism and social activities, the natural desire of man to another ...  Read More
Research Paper
Qal’e Nehbandān: New Evidence of Parthian Period in Eastern Iran
Qal’e Nehbandān: New Evidence of Parthian Period in Eastern Iran

Mohsen Dana; Alireza Nasr Abadi; Hadi Sharifan

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 37-56

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59491

Abstract
  In this article, the Eastern Iran defines a region where situated between northeastern (equal Khorasan Razavi Province) and southeastern Iran (approximately equal Sistan & Baluchestan, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Classifying Typical Glazed Potteries of the Second to Fourth Hijri Centuries Discovered from the Bolqays Historical City of Ancient Isfarayen, Khorasan
Classifying Typical Glazed Potteries of the Second to Fourth Hijri Centuries Discovered from the Bolqays Historical City of Ancient Isfarayen, Khorasan

Mohammad Ibrahim Zareyi; Hamid Amerian; Ahmad Nikgoftar

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 57-76

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59495

Abstract
  The ancient city of Isfarayen, known as “Bolqays” in literatures, is one of the most important and magnificent cities of Iran during the early Islamic ages. It is located ...  Read More
Research Paper
Stable Isotope Analysis to Determining Gender Differences in Ancient Dietary Systems
Stable Isotope Analysis to Determining Gender Differences in Ancient Dietary Systems

Fahime Sheikhshoaee; Kamal-Aldin Niknami

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 77-89

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59496

Abstract
  Nowadays, the isotopic analysis solves many important issues in archeology and anthropology including the reconstruction of past diets, tracing the footsteps of the ancient migrations ...  Read More
Research Paper
Preliminary Reports of the Second Season of Excavation at Kul Tepe Hadishahr, North West Iran
Preliminary Reports of the Second Season of Excavation at Kul Tepe Hadishahr, North West Iran

Akbar Abedi

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 91-111

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59497

Abstract
  The site of Kul Tepe is located near the city of Hadishahr, is an ancient multi-period tell about 6ha in extent and rises 19m above the surrounding land. At this site, the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Searching for the Evergetáes:
Identifying the Actual Achaemenian Settlemets in Sistan
Searching for the Evergetáes: Identifying the Actual Achaemenian Settlemets in Sistan

javad alaei moghadam; seyyed rasool Mousavi Haji; Reza Mehrafarin Mehrafarin

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 113-132

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59498

Abstract
  Based on the historical texts from the Achaemenian Empire, there have been tribes living in Sistan known as Drangiana or Zaranka. According to the texts these tribes assisted Cyrus ...  Read More
Research Paper
Experimental Studies on Alloy Composition and Microstructure of some Bronze Objects from Iron Age Site of Baba Jilan, Luristan
Experimental Studies on Alloy Composition and Microstructure of some Bronze Objects from Iron Age Site of Baba Jilan, Luristan

Omid Oudbashi; Ata Hasanpour

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 133-149

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59499

Abstract
  Applications of bronze alloy to produce different decorative and ritual objects have been commonplace during the Iranian Iron Age. A large number of bronze objects from the second and ...  Read More
Research Paper
Spatial Analysis and Predictive Modelling Applied to the Archaeological Sites of Bastam Plain, Northeast of Iran
Spatial Analysis and Predictive Modelling Applied to the Archaeological Sites of Bastam Plain, Northeast of Iran

Sharareh Farokhnia

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 151-170

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59500

Abstract
  To obtain the site location modeling and patterning archaeological data to extract settlement pattern, GIS spatial analysis methods have been chosen for the study of Bastam plain. By ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological Excavation at Taj Amir Cemetery, Yasouj
Archaeological Excavation at Taj Amir Cemetery, Yasouj

Ebrahim Ghezelbash; Mohammad Javad Jafari; Nowrooz Rajabi; Korosh Mohammadkhani

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 171-190

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59501

Abstract
  Taj Amir Cemetery is located in southern side of Dena Mountain and east of Yasouj city in Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province. The cemetery was discovered in 2009 during the construction ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Study of Alloy and Manufacturing Techniques of Bangles of Eurasian Nomadic Tribes: Case Study, Bangles Discovered from Jafarabad’s Kurgan No 8
The Study of Alloy and Manufacturing Techniques of Bangles of Eurasian Nomadic Tribes: Case Study, Bangles Discovered from Jafarabad’s Kurgan No 8

Atefeh Yadollahi; Hamidreza Bakhshandeh Fard; Farshid Iravani Ghadim

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 191-204

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59502

Abstract
  “Kurgans”, which have recently been explored during an archeological excavation in Iran, contain graves where Eurasian used to bury the corps of their dead people. The Kurgans ...  Read More
Research Paper
Tam(uk)ka(n), Taoke, Tah(u)makah & Tahukka; the Names for an Achaemenid Port on the Northern Coast of the Persian Gulf; 
A Challenges for Conformity between Textual and Archaeological Documents
Tam(uk)ka(n), Taoke, Tah(u)makah & Tahukka; the Names for an Achaemenid Port on the Northern Coast of the Persian Gulf; A Challenges for Conformity between Textual and Archaeological Documents

Afshin Yazdani; Bahman Firouzmandi Shireh Jin

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2016, Pages 205-223

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2016.59503

Abstract
  The Persepolis clay tablets (dating back to Darius the Great) and the Mesopotamian archives from the time of Cyrus the Great as well as the historical reports from the time of Alexander ...  Read More