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.