Research Paper
Prehistoric Settlement Trends on the West of Lut Desert, Southeastern Iran
Prehistoric Settlement Trends on the West of Lut Desert, Southeastern Iran

Nasir Eskandari; Hekmat. A Mollasalehi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 1-15

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61722

Abstract
  Twelve seasons of archaeological excavations at Bronze Age urban center of Shahdad, made possible to assign the Lut area as an important region in the archaeology of Iran Recently, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Burial Practice of Sassanians In the Persian Gulf Region
Burial Practice of Sassanians In the Persian Gulf Region

Hossein Tofighiyan; Moharram Bastani

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 17-34

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61723

Abstract
  Most researchers believe that the Sassanid dead bodies were left in the open air to decompose, and then bones by animals and birds remaining in the troughs and niche was created in ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Spatial Pattern of Iranian Old Cities in the Transition from the Sassanid to the Islamic Period
The Spatial Pattern of Iranian Old Cities in the Transition from the Sassanid to the Islamic Period

sattar khaledian; Hassan Karimian; Ahmad Pour Ahmad; Hamed Mazaherian

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 35-51

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61724

Abstract
  Ancient cities are valuable cultural and architectural heritages of Iran. This cites show the citizen’s life and different spaces of cultural, political, social, religious characteristics. ...  Read More
Research Paper
Non-Dalma Ceramics in Dalma Context: Archaeological Detection and Analytical Explanation: Case study Soha Chai Tepe in Zanjan Province
Non-Dalma Ceramics in Dalma Context: Archaeological Detection and Analytical Explanation: Case study Soha Chai Tepe in Zanjan Province

roghayeh rahimi sorkhani; Kamaleddin Niknami; Moein Eslami

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 53-70

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61726

Abstract
  The diagnostic Zagros highland MC I ceramic assemblage is called Dalma, after the type site of Dalma Tepe in the southern Lake Urmia basin of Azerbaijan. The remarkable issue about ...  Read More
Research Paper
From Mount Silhazu to Mount Bikni: Historical Geography of Media in the Neo-Assyrian Period
From Mount Silhazu to Mount Bikni: Historical Geography of Media in the Neo-Assyrian Period

Sa'di Saeedyan; Bahman Firoozmandi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 71-89

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61728

Abstract
  The problem of historical geography and extent of Median territory in Neo-Assyrian period, from 9th to 7th centuries B.C. has always made dissensions. Given the extent of Median territory ...  Read More
Research Paper
Determine the Function and Design of Architectural and
Astronomical Observatory Discovered in the Maragheh
Determine the Function and Design of Architectural and Astronomical Observatory Discovered in the Maragheh

javad shekari niri

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 91-109

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61771

Abstract
  Based on excavations of the destroyed The Maragheh Observatory it appears to be some circular plan foundations with no architectural evidences. It also seen that the Spatial and formal ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Evolution of the Cultural Landscape of Maymand Based on Historical Studies and Archaeological Findings
The Evolution of the Cultural Landscape of Maymand Based on Historical Studies and Archaeological Findings

Meysam Labbaf-Khanii

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 111-130

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61772

Abstract
  Geography, history, and the material culture provide the three bases for definition and determination of a cultural landscape. The region of Maymand in northwestern of Kerman province ...  Read More
Research Paper
Middle Elamite Archaeological Evidence 
in the Upper Karun Basin
Middle Elamite Archaeological Evidence in the Upper Karun Basin

Yaghub Mohamadifar; Kazem Mollazade; aliasghar noruzi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 131-150

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61773

Abstract
  Archaeological evidence has witnessed that the presence of the Zagros foothill's habitants in the development of Middle Elamite period. Despite several new archaeological researches ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological Evidence in Timing of Seymarreh Landslide
Archaeological Evidence in Timing of Seymarreh Landslide

Khoda Karam Mazaheri

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 151-165

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61774

Abstract
  Seymarreh landslide is one of the important natural disasters that happened at east south of Seymarreh valley at Darrehshahr town ship in the past. This landslide has attracted attention ...  Read More
Research Paper
Typological Study and Comparative Chronology of the Pottery Vessels from Tepe Giyan in Nihavand: The Assemblage of Moghadam Museum of University of Tehran
Typological Study and Comparative Chronology of the Pottery Vessels from Tepe Giyan in Nihavand: The Assemblage of Moghadam Museum of University of Tehran

Niloufar Moghimi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 167-188

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61775

Abstract
  Tepe Giyan, which situated in Nihavand city, is one the most important and the first excavated sites in the cultural-geographical zone of Central Zagros. Excavations in this site had ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological Survey of Qaleh Iraj, Dating and Function
Archaeological Survey of Qaleh Iraj, Dating and Function

Seyed Mehdi Mousavinia; Mohammadreza Nemati

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 189-208

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61778

Abstract
  Among the Historical Monuments which have been identified in Tehran plain, Qaleh Iraj (known also as Qaleh Gabri) is the biggest in extent by 1470 m. length, 1300 m. Width covering ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating the Cultural Evolutions in Western Hinterlands of Alvand
From Chalcolithic period to the End of Iron Age
(Based on an archeological survey in Tuyserkan intermountain plain)
Investigating the Cultural Evolutions in Western Hinterlands of Alvand From Chalcolithic period to the End of Iron Age (Based on an archeological survey in Tuyserkan intermountain plain)

Reza Nazari Arshad; Khalilollah Beik Mohammadi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 209-227

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61779

Abstract
  Extensive or intensive methods in archeological surveys are amongst the most common practical techniques in identifying phenomena, cultural changes and cultural ecosystem. Studying ...  Read More
Research Paper
Population Estimate in Sistan on the Basis of Ethno-archaeological Studies
Population Estimate in Sistan on the Basis of Ethno-archaeological Studies

Zohair Vasegh Abbasi; Rahmat Abbasnejad Seresti; Hamid Reza Ghorbani; Mohamad Sadegh Roostaei

Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2017, Pages 229-243

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2017.61780

Abstract
  From the end of 1960’s decade when Processual Archaeology was emerged until now, Ethno-archaeology has reconstructed economicو social, technological and ideological structures ...  Read More