The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

This chapter focuses particularly on the evidence from Hasanlu, Dinkha Tepe, Geoy Tepe
and Kordlar Tepe in Iranian Azerbaijan. The various regional ceramic assemblages are …

Hasanlu V provides archaeologists with a new, more accurate chronology of Hasanlu, the
largest and arguably the most important archaeological site in the Gadar River Valley of …

This study aims to investigate how the Assyrian army functioned and survived while on a
campaign in difficult, hostile, mountainous territory by studying the narrative of the campaign …

During the course of his research in northwestern Iran, Bahman Kargar identified Rabat
Tepe for the first time in 1986. In 2005 he excavated two architectural stages (Iron Age II and …

Gohar Tappe is situated in the Iranian province of Mazandaran (Fig. 1) near the south-
eastern shore of the Caspian Sea (36 4004300N; 53 2400100E). The site was discovered …

An Iron Age graveyard, for the most part dating from the 8th-7th century BC, was accidentally
discovered in 2008 during road works near Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan. Rescue …

Mannea is the most important state in the first millennium BC that ruled a vast part of
northwestern Iran for several centuries. The ancient site of Qalaichi near Bukan, is one of the …

A graveyard at Baba Jilan in Dilfan province, Pish-i Kuh, Luristan, was reportedly looted in
2005. It was investigated by the local branch of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and …

Kani Koter cemetery is located in Iranian Kurdistan, close to Dere Pemeyan (or Persian Dare
Panbedan) village, between the ancient sites of Ziwiye and Karafto Cave (Figure 1). In this …