Research Paper
The Hasanlu VII Culture in the Southern Lake Urmia Basin, Northwest Iran: A New Archaeological Outline
The Hasanlu VII Culture in the Southern Lake Urmia Basin, Northwest Iran: A New Archaeological Outline

Qader Ebrahimi; Reza Rezaloo; Michael Danti; Ardeshir Javanmardzadeh; Akbar Abedi

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 1-22

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2020.311746.142936

Abstract
   Hasanlu archaeological joint project in partnership with Iranian-American archaeologist is the one of the rare long-term archaeological projects carried out in northwest of Iran. ...  Read More
Research Paper
Dig it Up: A Reconsideration of Old Excavations at the Urban Center of Shahdad
Dig it Up: A Reconsideration of Old Excavations at the Urban Center of Shahdad

Nasir Eskandari

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 23-45

Abstract
   Shahdad is an important Bronze Age city on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut in Iran. Previous investigations at the site, with its burials containing rich and sophisticated ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Brief Report on New Radiocarbon Dates from Tappeh Sofalin, Pishva, Iran
A Brief Report on New Radiocarbon Dates from Tappeh Sofalin, Pishva, Iran

Morteza Hessari; Reinhard Bernbeck; Susan pollock

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 47-57

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.306385.142902

Abstract
  In the summer of 2017, renewed fieldwork was undertaken at Tappeh Sofalin in the Varamin Plain. A total of 20 samples for absolute dating were collected during this season, several ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analysis Settlement Patterns of Prehistoric Sites of Mazandaran
Analysis Settlement Patterns of Prehistoric Sites of Mazandaran

Narjes Heydari; Rahmat Abbas Nezhad; Mojtaba Safari

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 59-75

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.312939.142945

Abstract
  Present paper review 350 sites from Middle Paleolithic, upper Paleolithic, Epipaleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, respectively, 4, 9, 6, 28, 36, 15 and 252 sites. ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Overview on Three Seasons of Archaeological Excavations in Jahangir Site, Ilam
An Overview on Three Seasons of Archaeological Excavations in Jahangir Site, Ilam

Leila Khosravi

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 77-94

Abstract
  < p dir="ltr">Jahangir is one of the most prominent Sasanian sites In the west of Iran that excavated due to locating in the flood level of Kangir dam (Eyvan). The deficiency ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace
The Chinese Ceramics Unearthed from the Site of Jahan Nama Palace

Hakimeh Razeghi Mansor; Ran Zhang; Bagher Soljo; Bin Chen; Guangyao Wang

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 95-116

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.323643.143019

Abstract
  As an important type of ancient artwork, the Chinese blue and white porcelain entered Iran through the artists and merchants during the Safavid era (1501–1736 AD), and it strongly ...  Read More
Research Paper
Eastern Iran Prehistoric Archaeological Project:First Season of Archaeological Excavations at Kale Kub, South Khorasan Province (2018), Relative and Absolute Chronology
Eastern Iran Prehistoric Archaeological Project:First Season of Archaeological Excavations at Kale Kub, South Khorasan Province (2018), Relative and Absolute Chronology

Mohammad Hossein Azizi Kharanaghi; Masashi Abe; Sepideh Jamshid Yeganeh; Afshin Akbari

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 117-141

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.81259

Abstract
  Eastern Iran, especially in the prehistoric period, is a completely unknown region on the Iranian archaeological map. More than one hundred years after the beginning of archaeological ...  Read More
Research Paper
Sassanian Pottery of Tesmijan, Kashan: A Study of Surface Materials
Sassanian Pottery of Tesmijan, Kashan: A Study of Surface Materials

Samaneh Asgarnezhad; Mohsen Javeri

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 143-163

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.309750.142924

Abstract
  The historical site of Tesmijan, 300 hectares in area, is located northeast of Kashan city. According to archaeological data, this site was used during the Iron Age, Parthian, Sassanid, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Hierarchical or Transegalitarian? Societies of the Transitional Chalcolithic Period on the North-Central Plateau of Iran
Hierarchical or Transegalitarian? Societies of the Transitional Chalcolithic Period on the North-Central Plateau of Iran

Hassan Fazeli nashli; Roger Matthews

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 165-192

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.320058.142994

Abstract
  Tracking the emergence of political authority and social hierarchy in the archaeological record has been one of the major challenges addressed by archaeologists in the past fifty years ...  Read More
Research Paper
Cultural dynamics of the second half of the fourth millennium BC and the roots of early urbanization in southeastern Iran (3500-3000 BC)
Cultural dynamics of the second half of the fourth millennium BC and the roots of early urbanization in southeastern Iran (3500-3000 BC)

Hossein Moradi

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 221-238

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.313602.142951

Abstract
   During the late fourth millennium B.C some changes took place in many archaeological sites of south eastern Iran that affected the different aspects of life in the region. By ...  Read More
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Investigating of the Function of the Architectural Square Space of Tang-i-Chakchak Complex, Fars Province: A New Look Toward Sanctuaries of Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā during Sassanid Period1
Investigating of the Function of the Architectural Square Space of Tang-i-Chakchak Complex, Fars Province: A New Look Toward Sanctuaries of Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā during Sassanid Period1

Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar; Alireza Zabanavar; ُSolmaz Ahmadzadeh Khosrowshahi

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 211-231

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.317834.142977

Abstract
  Tang-i-Chakchak complex is located at eastern Fars Province. As one of the biggest religious Sassanid architectural complex, it consists of two main architectural spaces including a ...  Read More
Research Paper
Hunting in the Forest Steppe: An Examination of the Painted Panel at Takke Rock-Shelter, Bojnord, Northeastern Iran
Hunting in the Forest Steppe: An Examination of the Painted Panel at Takke Rock-Shelter, Bojnord, Northeastern Iran

Ali Akbar Vahdati

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 233-250

Abstract
  < p dir="ltr">The mountainous region of Northern Khorasan, north-eastern Iran is rich in rock art complexes including several petroglyphic and rock-painting sites. The rock paintings ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Jalalabad Seal, A Reappraisal
The Jalalabad Seal, A Reappraisal

Massimo Vidale; Francois Desset; Dennys Frenez

Volume 12, Issue 4 , May 2021, Pages 251-263

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2021.323646.143020

Abstract
  We re-discuss the so-called Jalalabad seal, a well-known cylinder seal dating of the late 3rd millennium BC, reportedly found in Fars. It displays a scene related to a south-eastern ...  Read More