فهرست مطالب mahmoud heydarian

After the construction of the Zayanderud dam in central Iran, a total number of five villages, i.e., Yancheshmeh, Abadchi, Murah or Baba Aghdaghan, Jamalo, and Ghaleh Raeis, along the Zayanderud River were displaced and some sites like Jamalo, Ashna, and Koganak also went underwater. Reducing rainfalls and droughts over the past ?? years have accordingly caused the decline of water in the reservoir of Zayanderud dam and the size of the lake is decreasing year by year. The event also led to the emergence of the Jamalo site from the water. Due to the limitations of archaeological studies in ????, as well as the special condition of the site due to the richness and expansion of evidence (Neolithic to Islamic period), and the probability of falling underwater again, the arena and the proposed privacy to the site towards the mid of ???? have been thus far determined. The systematic survey and arena determination of the site and its surroundings was performed. The present study was carried out by descriptive-analytical method and a combination of library and field studies. Therefore, the main objective of this paper was to provide an overview of the settlement status of the site and presenting a relative chronology based on surface findings. The survey and excavation teams also covered ??? ??×?? m squares for systematic sampling, and recorded the digging of ?? trenches, measuring ?×? m. Based on the excavated trenches the area of the site was determined of ???? square meters. Based on the surface findings, it seems that Tape Jamalo was first occupied in the first half of the sixth millennium BC, after the invention of pottery. The site then continued to be dominated for much of the sixth and fifth millennium B.C., until the beginning of the Early Bronze Age. In the Middle Bronze Age, it had been also dominated by the Porto-literate, historic, and Islamic period. Some pottery shreds on the surface were similar to those of the Khuzestan and Fars regions, and the central and western Iranian Plateau.

Mian Kouh area of Ardal County due to high mountains, deep valleys, small plains and being in Nomads routes has been considered by humans from the past. Because of the importance of Elamite period in this region and since the period remains unknown in East mountainous areas of Khuzestan, knowing about settlement patterns and the impact of the environment on the formation and distribution Elamite sites is essential. During the three seasons survey in this area, in 1387 to 1390, 78 Elamite site was identified and recorded. The goal of this article is to study the environmental factors and their roles on shaping the human habitat spatial in Elamite period. For survey and statistical analysis of the effect of environmental factors on Elamite settlements we used some factors such as altitude, slope, distance from river and distance from communication routs in the area. To find the relationship of each site with another one we divided them, according to based map, into several classes and then we obtained the correlation of sites with each class.On this basis, for each environmental factor a map (GIS) was made and by outputs of this map, statistical analysis of each environmental factor and its role in understanding the settlement patterns in this area was done. Distance from water sources is one of the most important environmental factors in formation of Elamite settlement in the area, almost always all the sites had a suitable distance from the water sources. Other iimportant factors are distance from the path and slope direction.

Although prehistoric periods (especially Chalcolithic) on the western side of the Central Zagros Mountain are fairly known, the Songhor and Koliyaei Plains have not been sufficiently investigated by western  or  Iranian archaeologists. In the course of the recent investigationsduring the 2002 and 2009 field seasons, thirty three chalcolithic sites, of which nine sites  contain Dalma sherds, were identified. The above  nine sites are located close to the water resources and most of them are located in the hill sides where pasture lands are accessible. Small size settlements testify that there have been small sedentary or semi-sedentary villages whose inhabitants could obtain  their requirements by animal husbandry. The present paper aims  to provide valuable information on this culture and examine its probable interaction with its neighboring regions such as Kangavar, Mahidasht, and south of Kurdistan. Keywords: Central Zagros, Songhor and Koliyaei, Chalcolithic period, Dalma tradition, Pottery.

Although prehistoric periods (especially Chalcolithic) of western side of central Zagros is fairly known, Songhor and Koliyaei plains had not been sufficiently investigated neither by the foreign nor the Iranian archaeologists; however, in the course of recent investigations in 2002 and 2009, 33 chalcolithic sites were identified. Nine sites out of these thirty three ones had Dalma sherds. All these 9 sites are located close to the water resources and mostly in the hillsides, where it is easy to reach pasturelands. Considering low extent of settlements and their locations, it could be found out that there have been small sedentary or semi-sedentary villages which could satisfy their life needs by breeding herds. This paper assumes importance since it could provide valuable information on this culture and its probable interaction with its neighboring regions for us, such as Kangavar, Mahidasht, and south of Kurdistan.

The Talvar dam archaeological project was conducted on March 2008 in order to evaluate the archaeological potentials of the regions affected by the industrial constructions. Intensive walking survey of the region has revealed seventeen new sites, which encompass a relatively wide temporal range from Chalcolithic to the Islamic periods. However, there exists a noticeable gap between the Iron Age and historical periods. The distribution of the sites and their positions compare to the Talvar River indicate that this river has played an important role for the populations who used to live in this geographical region during the prehistoric and historic times.