We discuss a figured pin from Shahdad, previously well known but published with a partial and unsatisfactory drawing.<span>  </span>More detailed observations and a new, more realistic recording of this important artifact reconsider its stylistic and iconographic links with the imagery of the Halil Rud civilization and the eastern Iranian Plateau in general, and, at its opposite cultural poles, with Mesopotamia and the Indus valley. The<span>  </span>subject, probably a supernatural anthropomorph flanked by two reptiles in heraldic position, is discussed in light of the art of the Halil Rud civilization, and the traditionally negative mythological associations of the “Man with serpents" in ancient Iranian literary tradition and lore. <br /> ...

Many potteries have been discovered from excavations and a surface survey at Shahdad, but few works have been<br />done to examine craft specialization in pottery production at this important site. Different types of ...

Shahdad and Yahya which are two important prehistoric sites in the Kerman Province, are of most important for<br />Archaeometallurgical studies. During excavations at these sites a number of metal objects have been ...

<span lang="EN-GB">Dasht-e Lut (Lut Desert) is archaeologically well-known in Near East thanks to the presence, on its western edge, of the Bronze Age urban centre of Shahdad. In 2012, the author launched <span>a three-season ...