Research Paper
Structural Examination and Comparison of Marble Wares of Jiroft and those from the Shahr-I Sokhta Based on the XRF, XRD‌and Petrographic Analyses
Structural Examination and Comparison of Marble Wares of Jiroft and those from the Shahr-I Sokhta Based on the XRF, XRD‌and Petrographic Analyses

Seyed Mohamad Amin Emami; Parvin Soleymani; Maryam Akbarifard

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 1-12

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57741

Abstract
  Marble wares found in excavations in Jirof and Shahr-I Sokhta were analyzed by XRF and XRF and examined based on petrographic tests in order to reveal the structural differences. Samples ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating the Role of Environmental Factors on the Archaeological Site Location during Village Period 
Case Study: Zibri Plain in Central Zagros
Investigating the Role of Environmental Factors on the Archaeological Site Location during Village Period Case Study: Zibri Plain in Central Zagros

Karim Hajizadeh; Abbas Razmpoush; Hoshiar Salehi; Hossein Gholami

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 13-32

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57745

Abstract
  Zibri plain is located northeast of Ilamabad-e Gharb between Mahidasht and Islamabad. This study intends to identify a logical link between situation of the sites belonging to the village ...  Read More
Research Paper
Ancient DNA Analysis of Goat Bones in Kashan and Qazvin plain in the Neolithic Period
Ancient DNA Analysis of Goat Bones in Kashan and Qazvin plain in the Neolithic Period

javad hoseinzadeh sadati; Hassan Fazeli Nashli; Mostafa Montazer Zohori; Shohre Zare

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 33-45

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57746

Abstract
  One of the interdisciplinary approaches which recently had a key role in resolving of archaeological issues, especially domestication process, was Archaeogenetics. Caprines were domesticated ...  Read More
Research Paper
Animal Symbolic Motifs of the Sasanian Seals and Clay Sealings 
Case Study: Collection of Moghadam Museum of Tehran
Animal Symbolic Motifs of the Sasanian Seals and Clay Sealings Case Study: Collection of Moghadam Museum of Tehran

Mostafa Dehpahlavan; Mohamad Qanavati Hendigani

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 47-67

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57747

Abstract
  Seals and clay sealings are the most important cultural material of Sasanian period. There have been a few seals and bullas of various periods retained in the Moghadam Museum of Tehran. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Mystery of the Central Stone Slab in the Tripylon Gate of Persepolis
The Mystery of the Central Stone Slab in the Tripylon Gate of Persepolis

Shahrokh Razmjou

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 69-83

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57748

Abstract
  It has been proposed that some structures at Persepolis served as calendarical or astronomical mechanisms. Despite a general lack of evidence of such functionality at the site, a stone ...  Read More
Research Paper
Strontium Stable Isotopes and Trace Elements Analysis of Skeletons in the Iron Age Cemetery of Blue Mosque in Tabriz
Strontium Stable Isotopes and Trace Elements Analysis of Skeletons in the Iron Age Cemetery of Blue Mosque in Tabriz

Hadi Zand Karimi; masud Bagherzadeh Kasiri; Bahram Ajorloo; Behruz Omrani

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 85-102

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57749

Abstract
  Stable isotope analysis, being used in many research areas, has also been applied in archaeology during the last three decades to address questions regarding the paleoclimatology and ...  Read More
Research Paper
Spatial Archaeology; A Scientific Approach to the Study and
Analysis of Architectural Works, Urban Spaces, and Ancient Contexts
Spatial Archaeology; A Scientific Approach to the Study and Analysis of Architectural Works, Urban Spaces, and Ancient Contexts

AbbasAli Ahmadi

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 103-116

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57750

Abstract
  In the past two decades several new approaches have emerged in archeology. New archeology which found its true nature in deep interdisciplinary relations created new approaches involving ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Study on the Subterranean Burials of the Sāmen (Malayer) rocky Architectural Complex
A Study on the Subterranean Burials of the Sāmen (Malayer) rocky Architectural Complex

Yaghoub Mohamadifar; esmail hemati Azandaryai; Ali Khaksar; Farzad Fooruzanfar

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 117-129

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57751

Abstract
  The handmade subterranean architectural structure is a special kind of architecture that is in its creation does not require any construction materials but it needs many efforts and ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Origin of Snake Motifs in the Material Culture of Southeastern Iran During Third Millennium B.C: Some Evidences for Making Relationship With Elam and Mesopotamia
The Origin of Snake Motifs in the Material Culture of Southeastern Iran During Third Millennium B.C: Some Evidences for Making Relationship With Elam and Mesopotamia
Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 131-145

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57752

Abstract
  The interactions between southeastern sites of Iranian plateau and western sites in Susa and Mesopotamia in the third millennium B.C is one of the most controversial aspects of the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Geoarchaeology of Prehistoric Settlements Using Micromorphology Methods    (The case study: Meimanatabad Cluster)
Geoarchaeology of Prehistoric Settlements Using Micromorphology Methods (The case study: Meimanatabad Cluster)

Mehran Maghsoudi; Seyed Mohammad Zamanzadeh; asghar navidfar; Rohollah Yosefi Zoshk; Hojatollah Ahmadpour

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 149-164

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57753

Abstract
  The ancient hills are the human’s close and far activities sense. These places may be the transit camp survivors or ruins towns or villages. This paper studies the archaeology ...  Read More
Research Paper
Topheth Human Sacrifice Altars in Jerusalem 
According to Old Testament and Islamic Resources
Topheth Human Sacrifice Altars in Jerusalem According to Old Testament and Islamic Resources

Javad Neyestani

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 165-174

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57754

Abstract
  The Topheth (in Ancient Jerusalem), considered as a holly land in Canaanites period, it was the altar of human sacrifice in honor of Baal. The history of the ritual, human sacrifice ...  Read More
Research Paper
Chronological Study of the Chalcolithic Potteries from Khole-Kū in Takestan
Chronological Study of the Chalcolithic Potteries from Khole-Kū in Takestan

Hamid Reza Valipour; Sare Ne’matollahi Niya

Volume 7, Issue 2 , December 2016, Pages 175-195

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2015.57755

Abstract
  Khole-Kū is located in the south of Takestan and on the border of Qazvin plain. This site was sounding during an archaeological project in the spring of 2011. The pottery materials ...  Read More