The Sefidrud valley in Rudbar is host to a wealth of ancient mounds, cemeteries and settlements of varying sizes. Survey programs between 2006‒2016 recorded and revisited 45 sites, most notable among them being Charpeh, a ...

Tepe Jelo Asiab was excavated as part of the Talvar Dam salvage project in 2009. The main objectives of thepresent study included the classification and typology of the Iron III pottery from the site, and establishing ...

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 ...

During the third Millennium BC, grey wares were the most popular wares in the Indo-Iranian borderlands in which the Bampur Valley and the Sistan basin played significant role. This research aims to compare grey wares of ...

Dez and Karun are two perennial rivers originating from the Zagros mountains in highland Iran, flowing into the riverine landscape of the Susiana Plains in southwestern Iran. They are crucial elements of the landscape and ...

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 ...

Human burials in cemeteries have mostly been observed since the beginning of the third millennium BCE in areas of Southeast Iran and South Uzbekistan.  The emergence of Urban Societies brought specific economic, social and ...

Dasht-e Lut (western edge of the Lut desert) presented an urbanized desertic landscape in the early Bronze Age. Previous investigations on the large early Bronze Age site of Shahdad, fully justified its definition as an ...

Khorasan's Iron Age differs significantly from the Iron Age elements found in western Iran. In terms of culturalaspects and life structures, this encompasses two distinct cultures known as Yaz and Dahistan in classicclas ...

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 ...

Northeastern Iran has been considered a connecting bridge and natural passageway for the entry of differenttribes from the past to the present time, yet despite such importance, it has rarely been studied by archaeologistsand ...

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. ...