[PDF] Paleolithic Landscapes Of Iran eBook

Author : Saman Heydari-Guran
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,11 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781407312149

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This book is a study of the settlement patterns of the Middle to Later stages of the Paleolithic period in the natural landscapes of the Iranian Plateau. By analyzing different environmental settings, stone artifacts, faunal remains and finally the game behavioral movements, this book evaluates the previous models and theories of 'site location', 'game management' and 'Middle and Upper Paleolithic groups' land use' that were employed for Iran. As a major result, it demonstrates that, the ecological approach of 'structural landscape analysis' is a strong methodology for understanding the mechanisms behind settlement patterns, land use and mobility strategies of early humans.

Author : Roger Matthews
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1239 pages
File Size : 45,45 MB
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000570916

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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 history of all of Iran from the Palaeolithic period to the end of the Achaemenid Empire at 330 BC. Drawing on the authors’ deep experience and engagement in the world of Iranian archaeology, and in particular on Iran-based academic networks and collaborations, this book situates the archaeological evidence from Iran within a framework of issues and debates of relevance today. Such topics include human–environment interactions, climate change and societal fragility, the challenges of urban living, individual and social identity, gender roles and status, the development of technology and craft specialisation and the significance of early bureaucratic practices such as counting, writing and sealing within the context of evolving societal formations. Richly adorned with more than 500 illustrations, many of them in colour, and accompanied by a bibliography with more than 3000 entries, this book will be appreciated as a major research resource for anyone concerned to learn more about the role of ancient Iran in shaping the modern world.

Author : Yoshihiro Nishiaki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 36,70 MB
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9811068267

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This volume is a compilation of results from sessions of the Second International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place between November 30 and December 6, 2014, in Hokkaido, Japan. Similar to the first conference held in 2012 in Tokyo, the 2014 conference (RNMH2014) aimed to compile the results of the latest multidisciplinary approaches investigating the issues surrounding the replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans. The results of the sessions, supplemented by off-site contributions, center on the archeology of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Levant and beyond. The first part of this volume presents recent findings from the Levant, while the second part focuses on the neighboring regions, namely, the Caucasus, the Zagros, and South Asia. The 13 chapters in this volume highlight the distinct nature of the cultural occurrences during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods of the Levant, displaying a continuous development as well as a combination of lithic traditions that may have originated in different regions. This syncretism, which is an unusual occurrence in the regions discussed in this volume, reinforces the importance of the Levant as a region for interpreting the RNMH phenomenon in West Asia.

Author : Mehran Maghsoudi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030589129

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This book offers a unique and highly illustrated overview of the desert geomorphology of Iran. It describes the different landscapes and landforms of desert areas such as ergs and badlands offering a comprehensive insight into typical fluvial and eolian forms such as playas, alluvial fans, yardangs, salt domes, dunes, hoodoos and many more. The monograph elaborates the interaction of humans with the landscapes and discusses ongoing developments in geotourism, natural heritage sites as well as the potential for geoparks. Desert Landscapes and Landforms of Iran contains many photographs, satellite images, high-resolution aerial photos, maps, charts and tables which build a nice framework for the assessment of the different geomorphological features. It constitutes a comprehensive introduction for researchers and students of many disciplines in the fields of geography, geosciences, tourism and leisure studies, environmental sciences and landscape planning interested in typical physical characteristics of desert landscapes.

Author : Hassan Fazeli Nashli
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1782971912

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The period c. 10,000-5000 BC witnessed fundamental changes in the human condition with societies across the Fertile Crescent shifting their alignment from millennia-old practices of seasonally mobile hunting and foraging to year-round sedentism, plant cultivation and animal herding. The significant role of Iran in the early stages of this transition was recognised more than half a century ago but has not been to the fore of academic consciousness in recent decades. In the meantime, investigations into Neolithic transformation have proceeded apace in all other regions of the Fertile Crescent and beyond. Here, 18 studies attempt to redress that balance in re-assessing the role of Iran in the early neolithisation of human societies. These studies, many of them by Iranian scholars, consider patterns of change and/or continuity across a variety of topographical landscapes; investigate Neolithic settlement patterns, the use of caves, animal exploitation and environmental indicators and present new insights into some well-known and some newly investigated sites. The results re-affirm the formative role of this region in the transition to sedentary farming.

Author : Marcel Otte
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Limited
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781407305011

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Eleven papers which showcase new research projects on the Palaeolithic of Iran. There are particular focuses on the Aurignacian, the Mousterian and the Final Palaeolithic. Essays in English and French.

Author : Touraj Daryaee
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0199732159

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This handbook is a guide to Iran's complex history. The book emphasizes the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized Iran's past.

Author : Tobias Richter
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000813347

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This volume brings together the latest results and discussions from research carried out in the eastern Fertile Crescent, the so-called hilly flanks, and adjacent regions, as well as providing key historical perspectives on earlier fieldwork in the region. The emergence of sedentary food producing societies in southwest Asia ca. 10,000 years ago has been a key research focus for archaeologists since the 1930s. This book provides a balance to the weight of work undertaken in the western Fertile Crescent, namely the Levant and southern Anatolia. This preference has led to a heavy emphasis on these regions in discussions about where, when and how the transition from hunting and gathering to plant cultivation and animal domestication occurred. Chapters assess the role of the eastern Fertile Crescent as a key region in the Neolithization process in southwest Asia, highlighting the key and important contributions people in this region made to the emergence of sedentary farming societies. This book is primarily aimed at academics researching the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in southwest Asia. It will also be of interest to archaeologists working on this transition in other parts of Eurasia.

Author : Elham Ghasidian
Publisher :
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,30 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 9783935751186

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Between 2005 and 2007 researchers from the Tübingen Iranian Stone Age Research Project (TISARP) conducted fieldwork at the cave of Ghār-e Boof on the edge of the Dasht-e Rostam in the southwestern Zagros. In this book Elham Ghasidian presents the assemblages from the early Upper Paleolithic of Ghār-e Boof Cave and discusses how these results radically change our views of the Iranian Paleolithic.