جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "دشت سرفیروزآباد" در نشریات گروه "تاریخ"

One of the prehistoric traditions which have been less noted in Western Iran is Dalma tradition. This, has a wide spread areas of the North West to the Central Zagros, but our knowledge is only few articles and very brief and limited reports. Despite the archaeological research on the region since the 60s and 70s in the Mahidasht, Kangavar, showed the Sarfirouzabad entity little information were available. Sarfirouzabad is located 38 km southwest of Kermanshah including three villages Sarfirouzabad (center Halashi), Jalalvand (central chenar) and Osmanevand (Bozhan center). Sarfirouzabad is the largest in the region, which has an area of 1787 square kilometers. The natural plains is located along Mahidasht extended to South and South East. In 2009, a Mission from University of Tehran, headed by Kamal Al-din Niknami carried out a survey on Sarfirouzabad in order to study and identification of the history of human settlement and patterns spanning from the prehistoric times to contemporary period. During the survey some 28 sites were identified. According to the settlements localization, some of them with less than one hectare in size are located in the slopes and hilly areas while some are located with 10 hectares on the plains near permanent water sources. It appears that this settlement was different groups of sedentary and nomads who lived together. The importance of this research is that one can characterize the inter-regional cultural interactions between the two groups of people in a specified period of Dalma; the settlement pattern analysis of Sarfirouzabad plains, was applied by five varying slope, elevation above sea level, vast area, vicinity to water source and its distance of each site from the main routes. The distribution of sites and settlement patterns shows that during the period they were mainly depended on the environmental resources, especially water resources. The location of site’s relative to studying area between 1400 and 1700 meters above sea level. So that the sites where the altitude between 1400 and 1500 meters above sea level are 6, 4/21% of total area, the area with elevation of 1500 to 1600 meters above sea level, 14, 50% of the total, sites at altitude of 1600 to 1700 meters above sea level, are 8, 28.5% of the total. In this study, the distance in between Dalma sites to water resources, river, and springs possible, Mirage has also been considered. Of the Dalma Sites, there are 14 sites located at a distance of 0 to 100 m of water, 50% of total. 7 sites are between 100 to 200 meters, 25% of the total, 7 sites are between 200 to 400 meters, 25% of the total. The main road of Sarfirouzabad is near Mereg River, Considering the placement of sites alongside the road and the river, it seems that they have been used in ancient periods. Of The total Dalma sites in Sarfirouzabad, 12 sites have 0 – 2500 meters from the main road, this included 42%, 9 of the total, 32% of sites are located at a distance of 2,500 to 5,000 meters 7 sites more than 5,000 meters, These sites are mostly located hilly and rims areas in the mountains and forests.

Archaeological landscape of western Iran is representative of great and important socio-cultural changes in various periods of prehistory in Iran. The region that the Central Zagros range comprises its most parts has attracted many archaeologists’ attentions who have conducted many archaeological surveys and excavations in this region since the early 20th century. Despite its environmental characteristics، Sarfirouzabad Plain in southern Kermanshah has just been the subject of surface surveys and studies. To collected reliable data a systemic field survey by a team from Tehran University in 2009، was conducted in Sarfirouzabad Plain which yielded important results and added most to our limited knowledge of the history of the region. Among the various explored sites، there have been 24 sites of the Middle and Late Bronze Ages (Godin III). Distribution of such sites and their patterns in the plain has been connected to the environmental factors specially access to the water resources، while other factors presumably affecting the settlement formation were based on the cultural and political issues. The goal of this article is to improve the quality of techniques in the understanding of archaeology of the region as well as the regional and cultural systems of Bronze Age.

The Sarfirouz Abad plain in Iran, which is located on the east side of Mahidasht and west of Central Zagros, has a great potential for the archaeological studies. Nevertheless, due to the lack of archaeological research here, it is now considered to remain archaeologically a less known area. Its geographical location and environmental potentials make it necessary to perform a systematic archaeological research process. Due to this requirement, the SF area was surveyed using an intensive field walking process by a team from Tehran University during a few months in 2009. This fieldwork provided data and for the first time added much useful information to expand our knowledge on the archaeology of the region in general and the Neolithic settlements in particular. From the findings gained through this study, 17 sites were found to have remains attributable to the Neolithic Period. Recent studies show that in SF, settlement began in the early Neolithic Period; three of these sites were identified in various parts of the area. Fifteen locations with settlement and pottery remains showed evidence of the middle and late Neolithic periods. An investigation of the settlement patterns of these Neolithic sites reveals a strong relationship to natural resources, particularly water and sources of flint. With the commencement of pottery in the area, significant changes occurred in the location patterns of the sites. The present study investigates the characteristics of potteries found from site surfaces and developed an interpretation of the Neolithic settlement patterns of the area.