Persepolis West (Fars, Iran) : report on the field work carried out by the Iranian-Italian joint archaeological mission in 2008-2009 / Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Pierfrancesco Callieri ; with contributions by Babak Aminpour [and 18 others]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAsgarī Chāvardī, ʻAlī Riz̤ā, author.

Callieri, Pierfrancesco, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2870.

BAR International Series ; 2870

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Iran--Persepolis.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Persepolis (Iran)--Antiquities.

Persepolis (Iran).

Persepolis (Iran)--History.

Antiquities.

Iran--Persepolis.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 293 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This book represents the final report on the field work carried out in 2008 and 2009 by the Iranian-Italian Joint Archaeological Mission at the archaeological site of Persepolis West, where parts of the town adjacent to the well-known Achaemenid monumental terrace of Persepolis have been located. The eleven trial trenches excavated in areas indicated by the results of Iranian and Iranian-French geophysical surveys represent the first stratigraphic excavations ever carried out on this site, the dating of which is supported by a rich series of radiocarbon datings. Illustration of the excavations is preceded by an accurate geophysical study of the topographical context and accompanied by a detailed and richly illustrated analysis of pottery and other finds: the safe stratigraphic context makes these finds a particularly important source of evidence for our knowledge of the ceramics of Fars during the historic pre-Islamic age. The excavations largely confirm the location of the built-up area of Parsa indicated by geophysical surveys.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293).

ISBN:

1407316087

9781407316086

OCLC:

1006442834