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Local Distribution of Post-Urartian and Achaemenid Painted Pottery in Northwest Iran in
Light of Recent Surveys and Excavations
Qader Ebrahimi, Akbar Abedi, Rasul Ahmadi
Abstract: The evolution of ceramic traditions of northwest Iran in the late Iron Age and the pottery
traditions that existed in the region after the end of the Urartian period up to the arrival in the region
of the Parthians mark a little known period or a period of uncertainty in northwest Iran. The pottery
culture that emerges in the region in the wake of the Urartian period concerns painted forms that
are found scattered throughout the region. In the available publications on these ceramic cultures
the Ardabil style material and the other under that of the so-called triangle wares. The studies carried
collected data from the areas studied from the late Iron Age, the two Ardabil and Triangle styles relate
to different, consecutive timespans and their regional boundaries go far beyond what have so far been
presumed. The present work attempted to demarcate to the possible extent the spatial and temporal
distributions of the ceramic cultures of the post-Urartian and post-Mananean period through the Par-
thian presence in northwest Iran drawing on the data from the earlier and recent surveys and excava-
tions at the sites lying in the region as well as the neighboring regions with evidence of these pottery
traditions. The results suggested that the Classic variety of Hasanlu material presumably outdates the
period of the Achaemenian jurisdiction of northwest Iran.
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Proceedings of the International Conference on
The Iron Age in Western Iran
and Neighbouring Regions
Edited by:
Yousef Hassanzadeh
Ali A. Vahdati
Zahed Karimi
Publisher:
Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT)
National Museum of Iran
Kurdistan Province ICHHTO
2019
Vol. 1
Tehran and Sanandaj
2-3 Nov. 2019
Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran
Kurdistan ICHHTO National Museum of Iran RICHT
Proceedings of the international Conference on The Iron Age in Western Iran and
Neighbouring Regions, 2-3 Nov. 2019, Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran
Edited by: Yousef Hassanzadeh, Ali A. Vahdati and Zahed Karimi
Cover Photo: Neda Tehrani and Nima Fakoorzadeh
Cover Design: Nina Rezaei
Publishers: RICHT / National Museum of Iran / Kurdistan ICHHTO
ISBN: 978-600-8977-91-9
© RICHT / National Museum of Iran / Kurdistan ICHHTO (2019)
Kurdistan ICHHTO National Museum of Iran RICHT
Board of Directors:
Dr. Behrouz Omrani, General Director of RICHT
Mohsen Alavi, General Director of Kurdistan ICHTO
Dr. Jebrael Nokandeh, Genereal Director of National Museum of Iran
Dr. Rohollah Shirazi, Director of ICAR
Policy Council:
Dr. M. H. Talebian, Deputy of Cultural Heritage in Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts
Dr. Jebrael Nokandeh, Genereal Director of National Museum of Iran
Dr. Rohollah Shirazi, Director of ICAR
Dr. Mohammad Ebrahinm Zarei, Sanandaj Governor and Associate professor in Archaeology, Bu-Ali Univer-
sity, Hamedan
Dr. Bahram Nasrollahizadeh, General Director of Kurdistan Planning and Budget Organization
Mohsen Alavi, General Director of Kurdistan ICHTO
Yousef Hassanzadeh, Archaeologist and Head of Research Center, National Museum of Iran
Ali. A. Vahdati, Archaeologist and Research Associate, Northern Khorasan ICHTO
Dr. Hamid Khatib Shahidi, Professor emeritus of TMU (Tarbiat Modarres University)
Mrs. Simin Lakpour, Retired Member of ICAR
Dr. Siamak Sarlak, Research Deputy of ICAR
Dr. Mehrdad Malekzadeh, Head of Research Center of RICHT
Fr. Sajjad Alibeigi, Assistant Professor, Razi University, Kermanshah
Dr. Amir Saedmoucheshi, Assistant Professor, Payam-e Noor University, Sanandaj
Dr. Kazem Mollazadeh, Associate Professor, Bu-Ali University, Hamedan
Dr. Mostafa Dehpahlavan, Assistant Professor, Tehran University, Tehran
Dr. Fereidoun Biglari, Cultural Deputy, National Museum of Iran, Tehran
Dr. Ali Binandeh, Assistant Professor, Bu-Ali University, Hamedan
Zahed Karimi, Archaeologist, Kurdistan ICHHTO Province
Table of Contents
The Iron Age in the Iranian Plateau: an overview of current knowledge, new challenges, and
future prospects / Yousef Hassanzadeh, Ali. A. Vahdati and Mehrdad Malekzadeh .......................
Selective Iranian Iron Age Bibliography / Maryam Shahrabi .................................................................
Iron Age III material from Tappeh Qeshlagh, Talvar, Kurdistan / Abbas Motarjem, Mahnaz
Salvage excavation in an Iron Age tomb at Ruwar in the Sirwan River area, Hawraman, Kurd-
istan / Taher Ghasimi, Masoud Akbari, Akam Ghasimi, Mohammadreza Qadri, Faranak Bah-
rololoumi Shapurabadi, Moloud Azimi and Eqbal Azizi with Some appandex from Esmail
Asadi, Mojtaba Ghasemian, Hosein Davoudi, Navid Salehvand, Davoud AghaAli Gol and Akira
Fujisava .........................................................................................................................................................................
Survey of Iron Age sites of Marivan plain / Morteza Zamani Dadaneh, Sirvan Mohammadi Qas-
rian ................................................................................................................................................................................
Ivory and bone plaques from Ziwiy in the museum of Sanandaj / Sheler Amelirad, abbas
Razmpush ....................................................................................................................................................................
Investigations on the manufacturing technology of the glazed elements from north west-
ern Iran during the 1st millennium BCE by means of petrochemical analyses based on two
glazed samples from Ziwiye / Negar Abdali ..................................................................................................
Cham-e Shar column-base: new evidence of Iron Age art of Zagros region, Sanandaj / Mo-
hammad rastgar Rezaqoli .....................................................................................................................................
The typology and chronology of the Iron Age pottery of Sonqor and Kolyaei County, Ker-
manshah / Mahmood Haydariyan, marjan Qanbari, Alireza Khosrowzadeh ..................................
Sangtarashan after six seasons of archaeological excavations / Ata Hasanpur, Mehrdad Male-
kzadeh ...........................................................................................................................................................................
An overview of studies on the Bronzes of Luristan / Zahra Hashemi .................................................
Some remarks on archaeology and historical geography of Central Zagros in the Neo-Assyr-
ian period / Sajjad Alibaigi ....................................................................................................................................
Guringan: new evidence of Iron Age in the plain of Piranshahr / Obaid-allah Sorkhabi, Salah
Salimi .............................................................................................................................................................................
Reassessment of Tepe Rabat II and a Suggestion for its Ancient Name and Function during
the First Millennium BC / Salah ad-Din Ebrahimipour .............................................................................
Urartian borders to the south of Lake Urmia / Ali Binandeh ..................................................................
Local Distribution of Post-Urartian and Achaemenid Painted Pottery in Northwest Iran in
Light of Recent Surveys and Excavations / Qader Ebrahimi, Akbar Abedi, Rasul Ahmadi ..........
neo-Assyrian and Mannaean glazed bricks / Hana Javanmardi, Zahed Karimi, Vahdid Askar-
por ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Decorative elements of Iron Age temples painted bricks, doors with dentate frames, and re-
cessed niches / Sadi Saidiyan ..............................................................................................................................
An investigation into the Mannaean rituals based on the archaeological evidence / Vahed
Jolaei, Nayereh Reisi ................................................................................................................................................
Excavations at Tepe Sarm: new evidence of diverse grave structures / Amar Kavoosi, Siamak
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86
104
116
127
138
151
175
184
208
228
249
259
277
295
325
343
Sarlak .............................................................................................................................................................................
A Newly Found Iron II-II Western Graveyard of Qara-Tappeh, Sagzabad / Mostafa Dehpahla-
van, Mehdi Jahed, Amar Tazik, Kourosh MOhammadkhani, Elham Farnam ....................................
The Late Iron Age and the Achaemenid pottery traditions in Eastern Iran / Mohsen Dana ......
Review of Michael D. Danti’s revision of the chronology of the late Bronze and early Iron
Ages in northwestern Iran / Kazem Mollazadeh .........................................................................................
The Grey Ware Culture and the Second Millennium BC Cemeteries in the Central Iran: an
Appraisal of the Recent Absolute Dates / Javad Hoseinzadeh, Hamzeh Noralivand, Mohsen
A Suggestion for the Beginning of Iron Age in the Western Part of Iranian Plateau, The View
Animal Exploitation along the Southern Caspian Sea Shore during the Iron Age, Iran / Hos-
sein Davoudi, Marjan Mashkour, Jebrael Nokandeh ...................................................................................
Subsistence Economy in Northwestern Iran during Bronze and Iron Ages through Archaeo-
zoological Researches at Tepe Hasanlu / Hossein Davoudi and Marjan Mashkour .........................
A Theory on the Formation of the Achaemenid Empire: from Parsua to Parsa / Mohammad.T.
Atayi ................................................................................................................................................................................
Achaemenid Columned Halls in Caucasus: Symbols of Imperial Ideology / Kamyar Abdi and
Faezeh Dadfar .............................................................................................................................................................
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411
421
438
456
484
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