Located in Bijar county, the Tepe Jelo Asiab were excavated during  the Talvar Dam rescue project in 2009. The main purpose of this study is the classification and typology of Iron Age‌ III pottery of this site resulting ...

Silhouette Pottery, formed due to the developments of the 12th century, was largely influenced by the slip-painted pottery of the second half of the 10th century and early 11th and also the technique of Sgraffito Pottery. ...

Following its inauguration, the National Museum of Iran used to be entrusted with the storing of all objects obtained from archaeological investigations over several decades. Yet access to stored objects began getting ...

Sense of place is the factor that transforms a space into a place with special sensory and behavioural characteristics for individuals. Place is a sensible and perceptible space associated with memory, of which part of ...

The site of Dinkha Tepe, situated in the central part of the Oshnavieh Plain, is one of the most interesting but still least studied sites in the Orumiyeh basin area. Dinkha Tepe, excavated stratigraphically in 1966 and ...

Southern Zagros mountainous region which is the country (Yelagh as local name) for Bakhtiari and a few of Qashqayi tribes, is resided during spring and summer due to suitable geographical and climate conditions such as ...

Some production techniques of prehistoric ceramics are still continuing in the South and Southeast of Iran. One of these production techniques is common in the traditional workshops in the Shahvar and Hakami – Minab - for ...

Since many centuries ago, the art of tiling in Iran has been one of the most remarkable and plausible arts.  The tile art-work is related to the subject of architecture, and beside its decorative aspect, it maintains the ...

Seleucus II Callinicus was the first Seleucid king (from 246 to 225 BC) who portrayed himself on coins bearded and wearing a diadem. This seems to be due to the wars that were waged in the Seleucid Empire during the reign ...

Masonry materials for the colossal monumental structures of Persepolis, the awe-inspiring architectural complexfrom the Achaemenid period, would be sourced from the surrounding mountains that occasionally lie up to 40km ...