Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period [1st ed.] 9783030417758, 9783030417765

Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii
How to Develop and Use of Proto-writing in Ancient Iran (Morteza Hessari)....Pages 1-10
The Kingdom of Urartu in North-Western Iran (Ninth–Seventh Century B.C.E) (Ernst Stephan Kroll)....Pages 11-22
Kazim Khan: A Fortress on the Western Side of the Lake Orumiyeh Basin, Iran (Behrouz Khanmohammadi, Keomars Haji Mohammadi, Roberto Dan)....Pages 23-35
Assyrian Exploitation of Iranian Territories (John MacGinnis)....Pages 37-54
On Cultural Boundaries and Languages in Western Iran: The Case of the Zagros Gates (D. T. Potts)....Pages 55-63
Scythian and Zoroastrian Earth Goddesses: A Comparative Study on Api and Ārmaiti (Yazdan Safaee)....Pages 65-75
Elamites’ Fear of the Underworld Judgment According to Elamite Texts (Maryam Dara)....Pages 77-83
Introduction and Analysis of Luristan Bronze Pins in the National Museum of Iran (Mousa Sabzi, Alireza Hejebri Nobari, Esmail Hemati Azandaryani)....Pages 85-93
A Decorative Column Base from Bukan Region (NW-Iran) and Some Remarks on Its Dating’s and Artistic Tradition (Kazem Mollazadeh)....Pages 95-103
The Evidence of Mannaean in Western Hasanlu (Ali Binandeh)....Pages 105-115
The European Connections of the Median Period (Géza Szabó)....Pages 117-139
The Citadel of Ulug Depe and the “Median Forts” in Western Iran (Rémy Boucharlat)....Pages 141-156
Contributions for the Identification of the Human Bust on a Winged Disc in Iranian Arts (Matteo Compareti)....Pages 157-169
Some Reflexions About Possible Urartean Influences in the Development of the Iranian Architecture Until the Very Beginnings of the Achaemenid Period (Alexander Tourovets)....Pages 171-190
The Achaemenid Parasol: Symbol of Authority and Feature of Court Protocol (Judith A. Lerner)....Pages 191-197
Glimpse of Highways Network of Achaemenid Empire: Construction, Maintenance and Service (Leila Makvandi)....Pages 199-208
A New Ionic Type Capital from the Shiyan Plain: Tracing an Important Monument of the Seleucid/Parthian Periods Near the Khorasan High Road, Kermanshah, Western Iran (Sajjad Alibaigi, Shahram Aliyari, Naser Aminikhah)....Pages 209-218
Some Notes on the Numismatic Evidence for Imitations in Iran from Third to First Century B.C. (Philipp Schwinghammer)....Pages 219-230
Daggers in Parthian Iran (Marek Jan Olbrycht)....Pages 231-243
From Paganism to Christianity: The Cults of Mithras and Persian Martyrs in Imperial Rome (Alessandro Luciano)....Pages 245-262
Archaeological Study of Khorbas Cave on Qeshm Island (Taher Ghasimi, Akbar Pirmoradi)....Pages 263-274
Brief Note on the Archaeological Investigation of Parthian Remains of Khorbas Site, Qeshm Island (Sirvan Mohammadi Ghasrian)....Pages 275-293
Identifying the Pirdooshan Site Boundaries Through Test Excavation, from Kurdistan Province, Iran (Amir Saed Mucheshi)....Pages 295-308
A New View on the Possible Reconstruction of the “Famous Clibanarius” Graffito from Dura Europos (Adam Lech Kubik)....Pages 309-318
Investigation on Symbolic Badges in Sasanian Rock Reliefs and Stuccoes (Houshang Rostami, Shahin Aryamanesh)....Pages 319-328
Landscape Archaeology of Abdanan in the Sasanian Period (Hossein Habibi, Yaqoub Mohammadifar)....Pages 329-355
Relevance of the Diplomatic Activities of Xusrō I Anōšīrvān in China for the Military and Political Situation in the Far East in Sixth Century CE (Katarzyna Maksymiuk)....Pages 357-362
Frequency of Using Stone Ossuaries in Marvdasht Plain (Fourth–Seventh Century A.D.): Explaining Funerary Patterns Through Agent-Based Modelling (Mahdokht Farjamirad, Kamal-Aldin Niknami)....Pages 363-371