Research Paper
The Visual Structure of Legitimacy in the Sasanian and Byzantine Works
The Visual Structure of Legitimacy in the Sasanian and Byzantine Works

Ghazaleh Irani Arbaty; Mohammad Khazaie

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 1-18

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2018.68504

Abstract
  The concept of legitimation in the Sasanian was formed on Khwarrah and provided a spiritual authority for their king. Khwarrah as a Godly force, due to the government communications ...  Read More
Research Paper
The re-thinking and revision of the Sassanid bas- relief of Khān Takhti; as the monument for the battle for Azerbaijan
The re-thinking and revision of the Sassanid bas- relief of Khān Takhti; as the monument for the battle for Azerbaijan

Bahram Ajorloo; fahime kosari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 19-28

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2018.68412

Abstract
  The Sassanid bas- relief so- called as Khān Takhti is located at the Mt. Pīrchāvūsh, the village of Khān Takhti, near to Salmās, W. Azerbaijan; whereon two equestrians and two ...  Read More
Research Paper
Comparing Style and Chronology of Human Figurines of Shahr-I Sokhta with Adjacent Cultures in the Bronze Age
Comparing Style and Chronology of Human Figurines of Shahr-I Sokhta with Adjacent Cultures in the Bronze Age

Mihan Jahanbakhsh; rouhollah shirazi; Mojtaba Kharazmi; zeinab afzali

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 29-46

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68515

Abstract
  The figurines are one of the most important objects in Shahr-I-Sukhta, which indicate the parts of the contemporaneous art and the general social condition. An investigation on the ...  Read More
Research Paper
New Evidence for the Architectural Structure of the Second and First Millennium BC Settlement Sites in the Southwestern Coast of Caspian Sea (Gilan)
New Evidence for the Architectural Structure of the Second and First Millennium BC Settlement Sites in the Southwestern Coast of Caspian Sea (Gilan)

vali Jahani; alyas babayof

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 47-65

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68517

Abstract
  Attention to the Architecture of the second and first millennium B.C. in Guilan, province is the subject of the many recent field works and studies, provided information on the situation ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Comparative Study on the Image of “Buraq” in the Islamic Art with some Motifs of the Luristan Bronze
A Comparative Study on the Image of “Buraq” in the Islamic Art with some Motifs of the Luristan Bronze

maryam khosravi; alireza taheri

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 67-81

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2018.226529.142389

Abstract
  In the Islamic tradition it has been described that Prophet has gone to Ascension by a fantastic creature called "Buraq". Many Pictures and descriptions of “Boraq” remained ...  Read More
Research Paper
Site Formation Process as Seen from Tpe Bimarestan-e Ashkhane Excavations Data
Site Formation Process as Seen from Tpe Bimarestan-e Ashkhane Excavations Data

mohsen dana; alireza Hejebri Nobari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 83-97

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68527

Abstract
  Transformation Processes cover the issues on interactions between tools and structures with natural and cultural environments. These processes provide a profound concept on the archaeological ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Analysis of the Chalcolithic Settlement Patterns of Southern Roudbar Plain, Halilroud Basin
An Analysis of the Chalcolithic Settlement Patterns of Southern Roudbar Plain, Halilroud Basin

Ali Daneshi; Nasir Eskandari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 99-118

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68530

Abstract
  Roodbar plain and the mountainous surrounding areas of the southeast of Iran have long been a great place to establish the human settlements due to their suitable climate. Archaeological ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Presence of Elamites in the Northern Kuzistan Based on Archaeological Data from Tepe Senjar Excavation (from Proto-Elamite to Shimashki Period)
The Presence of Elamites in the Northern Kuzistan Based on Archaeological Data from Tepe Senjar Excavation (from Proto-Elamite to Shimashki Period)

alireza sardari; Samira Attarpour

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 119-138

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2018.201768.142266

Abstract
  The rise of Elamite culture and its state formation on the southwestern Iran, beside historical resources, is an archaeologically problem due to the lower discovered evidences during ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Chronological and Stylistic Re-Appraisal for Kay Kavus Catacomb of Sahneh, Kermanshah Province
A Chronological and Stylistic Re-Appraisal for Kay Kavus Catacomb of Sahneh, Kermanshah Province

Mazdak Shervin

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 139-158

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68535

Abstract
  The catacomb of Kay Kavus, located on the Darband highlands to the north of the modern city of Sahneh, has a southwest looking Iwan that originally included a pair of free-standing ...  Read More
Research Paper
Strontium Isotope Ratio (87Sr/86Sr) To Determine Human Skeletons Origins From The Ancient Cemeteries, Case study: An Iron Age Cemetery of Gohar Tepe
Strontium Isotope Ratio (87Sr/86Sr) To Determine Human Skeletons Origins From The Ancient Cemeteries, Case study: An Iron Age Cemetery of Gohar Tepe

Fahime Sheikhshoaee; kamal aldin niknami

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 159-170

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68536

Abstract
  The isotopic analysis solves many important issues in archeology and anthropology including the reconstruction of past diets, tracing the footsteps of the ancient migrations and recognition ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Analytical Study on the Objects of the Oxus Treasure
An Analytical Study on the Objects of the Oxus Treasure

Sadreddin Taheri; Reza Bayramzadeh

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 171-184

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68537

Abstract
  This article tries to look at the Oxus treasure and to have a survey on this glorious ancient collection, typology of its objects and semiotics of its motifs. Our most important purposes ...  Read More
Research Paper
Place of Value and Valuation Practices in the Conservation and Restoration Approaches of the Persepolis World Heritage Site
Place of Value and Valuation Practices in the Conservation and Restoration Approaches of the Persepolis World Heritage Site

Parisa Abdollahi; koros samaniyan

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 185-203

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68538

Abstract
  Survey and analysis of different distinctive conservation/restoration periods in Persepolis (from 1931 until present time) shows that the conservation approaches were mainly based on  ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Influences of Islamic Beliefs on the Structural Patterns of Residential Areas: A Case from Golchinan Sectors of Yazd City
The Influences of Islamic Beliefs on the Structural Patterns of Residential Areas: A Case from Golchinan Sectors of Yazd City

hamid azizi; hassan karimiyan

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 205-220

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2018.208157.142295

Abstract
  According to many researches, the beliefs are the Influential factors in the architectural elements and city spaces through which the cities are known as reflection of resident’s ...  Read More
Research Paper
Archaeological Surveys in the East Azerbaijan: North of Namin, Ardebil Province
Archaeological Surveys in the East Azerbaijan: North of Namin, Ardebil Province

mohammad alizade; reza rezalo; karim hajizade; bheroz afkhmi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 221-238

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68542

Abstract
  Despite the valuable evidences in the northwestern Iran (Ardebil province) archaeology of this region is now remains unknown and its chronological order is located on the basis of the ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Recognition of Timurid Architectural Decorations on the Basis of Kamal Al-Din Bihzad Miniature Paintings
The Recognition of Timurid Architectural Decorations on the Basis of Kamal Al-Din Bihzad Miniature Paintings

mehdi kazempour; mehdi mohammadzadeh; raziye heydari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 239-258

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2019.68543

Abstract
  Visual evidences are considered to be the most important documents in history and especially in the history of Iranian architecture. There are different types of painting that they ...  Read More