A starting assumption of the SPP 2176 is that the premodern societies of the Iranian highlands were flexible and dynamic, forming ever new social and cultural configurations. The thesis is that this flexibility is specific for these highland societies and resulted from the interaction between starkly changing external conditions and deeply anchored cultural mechanisms for …
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The particular objective of this workshop is to shed light on trade as a resource in the provinces of Kerman, Hormozgan Sistan and Baluchestan and Southern Khorasan through different periods of time. Based on case studies, we will pinpoint how trade has affected the region in the past and how it shapes the life of …
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(6:00 – 7:30 pm Iranian Time) Online-Series We kindly invite you to our first session of our monthly online-series ‘Archaeometric Research in Iran and Neighbouring Regions’ with lectures from and discussions among experts. This month’s topic is on: Archaeometallurgy in Iran and its Neighbouring Region Anatolia *Archaeological Traces of High Carbon Steel Metallurgy in …
(7:30 – 9:00 pm Iranian Time) Online-Series We kindly invite you to our second session of our monthly online-series ‘Archaeometric Research in Iran and Neighbouring Regions’ with lectures from and discussions among experts. This month’s topic is on: Pyrotechnology and Ceramic Production in Iran and its Neighbouring Regions *Kinetics or Thermodynamics: How to Understand …
Workshop on Achaemenid-Period pottery. To view the workshop schedule, please klick here.
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The Iranian Highlands Projects report on the current state of their projects and ongoing works. You can download the programme using the following link: click here
(17:30-19:00 Iranian Time) Unfortunately, we have to cancel our session on *Pigments and Colourful Materials in Pre-Islamic Iran* Our apologies for the short notice and we are looking forward to welcome you in the very near future. ============================================================================= Online series We kindly invite you to our third session of our online-series ‘Archaeometric Research …
Workshop: Human Movement and Mobility in HighLandScape Environments, online, April 27 - April 29 2022. Here you can see the programme of the workshop. for further information and to access our workshop webpage: https://premc.org/hmmh2022/program/ Organisers: Dr. Sepideh Maziar (Goethe University Frankfurt) Dr. Saman Heydari-Guran (Neanderthal Museum Mettmann) Prof. Dr. Barbara Hellwing (Vorderasiatisches Museum der Staatlichen …
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