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One advantage of ethnoarchaeological studies in the scope of archaeological approach is  its application in analyzing the pattern of settlement. The study of living societies and extracting their social and economic patterns, helps bring the interpretation of archaeological findings closer to reality. The ethnoarchaeological project and study of the Vakilabadi branch of the Deh Mishi tribe within the Chekab Baft region in the south west of Kerman province, was therefore carried out. Before the nomadic settlement plan, the people in question had been nomads with a rancher lifestyle. The manner by which the settlement choices of this tribe relates to the regional water resources, the reason behind the almost large distance between the settlement and the water sources, the ‘How’ and ‘Why’ of the usage of the present findings from ethnological and ethnoarchaeological studies for evaluating the settlement patterns, and accurate analysis of the relevance and dependence of cultural and natural variables within the archaeological contexts, are amongst the most important questions of this article. The authors, through interviews with the elders of the Vakilabadi family, alongside environmental surveys and archaeological analysis, have understood that the winter settlement of this tribe is not based on closeness to water sources, but rather the management of time and distance in order for the livestock to be effectively grazed and watered, all the while spending the least possible time going through the smallest possible distance. This study indicates that intact ethnoarchaeological subjects can still be observed and studied within some of the regions of the Iran central plateau, which will present similar and homogeneous patterns for analysis and interpretation of archaeological data.

Khaveh plain in the township of Delfan is considered as one of the important plains in the Central Zagros Mountain situated in Eastern Pusht-i Kuh and located between Garin and Sefid-e Kooh Mountains. In general، 36 archeological sites have so far been identified in this plain: the oldest of which relates to aceramic Neolithic Age، and the newest one belongs to the Late-Islamic Age. Among them، 20 sites contain relics related to the Parthian Period. The noteworthy discussions in the present study are mainly based on the activities performed at this plain during 2009-2010 in order to register and determine the boarders of archeological sites، and those carried out in 2011 aiming to identify and analyze the settlement patterns of the Parthian reign in this region. General perception and understanding of the settlement pattern in this region during the Parthian period is the results of this research، which represents demographic or settlement dispersion changes compared with the previous eras. Also it became clear that most of the settlements in the region were small villages or temporary settlements and no evidence of urban centers was recognized. Finally، the present study deals with the investigation and interpretation of the settlement patterns of the Parthian period in this plain.