2021
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 | Heydari-Guran, Saman; Benazzi, Stefano; Talamo, Sahra; Ghasidian, Elham; Hariri, Nemat; Oxilia, Gregorio; Asiabani, Samran; Azizi, Faramarz; Naderi, Rahmat; Safaierad, Reza; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Foley, Robert A.; Lahr, Marta M.: The discovery of an in situ Neanderthal remain in the Bawa Yawan Rockshelter, West-Central Zagros Mountains, Kermanshah. In: PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 8, 2021. @article{nokey,
title = {The discovery of an in situ Neanderthal remain in the Bawa Yawan Rockshelter, West-Central Zagros Mountains, Kermanshah},
author = {Saman Heydari-Guran and Stefano Benazzi and Sahra Talamo and Elham Ghasidian and Nemat Hariri and Gregorio Oxilia and Samran Asiabani and Faramarz Azizi and Rahmat Naderi and Reza Safaierad and Jean-Jacques Hublin and Robert A. Foley and Marta M. Lahr},
editor = { David Caramelli},
url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0253708},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253708},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-08-26},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
volume = {16},
number = {8},
abstract = {Neanderthal extinction has been a matter of debate for many years. New discoveries, better chronologies and genomic evidence have done much to clarify some of the issues. This evidence suggests that Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000–37,000 years before present (BP), after a period of coexistence with Homo sapiens of several millennia, involving biological and cultural interactions between the two groups. However, the bulk of this evidence relates to Western Eurasia, and recent work in Central Asia and Siberia has shown that there is considerable local variation. Southwestern Asia, despite having a number of significant Neanderthal remains, has not played a major part in the debate over extinction. Here we report a Neanderthal deciduous canine from the site of Bawa Yawan in the West-Central Zagros Mountains of Iran. The tooth is associated with Zagros Mousterian lithics, and its context is preliminary dated to between ~43,600 and ~41,500 years ago.},
keywords = {Bawa Yawan, Kermanshah, Neanderthal},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Neanderthal extinction has been a matter of debate for many years. New discoveries, better chronologies and genomic evidence have done much to clarify some of the issues. This evidence suggests that Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000–37,000 years before present (BP), after a period of coexistence with Homo sapiens of several millennia, involving biological and cultural interactions between the two groups. However, the bulk of this evidence relates to Western Eurasia, and recent work in Central Asia and Siberia has shown that there is considerable local variation. Southwestern Asia, despite having a number of significant Neanderthal remains, has not played a major part in the debate over extinction. Here we report a Neanderthal deciduous canine from the site of Bawa Yawan in the West-Central Zagros Mountains of Iran. The tooth is associated with Zagros Mousterian lithics, and its context is preliminary dated to between ~43,600 and ~41,500 years ago. |
 | Stöllner, Thomas; Nokandeh, Jebrael (Ed.): Human Search for Resources. Highlights of Ancient Mining from the German Mining Museum Bochum. 2021. @book{nokey,
title = {Human Search for Resources. Highlights of Ancient Mining from the German Mining Museum Bochum},
editor = {Thomas Stöllner and Jebrael Nokandeh},
url = {https://iranhighlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/5-3_Human-Search-for-Resources_klein.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-00-00},
urldate = {2021-00-00},
abstract = {“Human Search for Resources” is a joint exhibition between the German Mining Museum in Bochum and the National Museum of Iran. It seeks to follow the appropriation of humans to mineral resources and the development of the history of human experiences and achievements in mining, which led to the development of technologies, the formation of professions, trade and specialization of industries. More than 200 artefacts from different parts of the world will be shown, such as the findings of the Austrian salt mines or the relief of Linares from Spain, each of which is a valuable symbol of human interaction with natural heritage.},
keywords = {Exhibition, German Mining Museum, Mining Archaeology},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {book}
}
“Human Search for Resources” is a joint exhibition between the German Mining Museum in Bochum and the National Museum of Iran. It seeks to follow the appropriation of humans to mineral resources and the development of the history of human experiences and achievements in mining, which led to the development of technologies, the formation of professions, trade and specialization of industries. More than 200 artefacts from different parts of the world will be shown, such as the findings of the Austrian salt mines or the relief of Linares from Spain, each of which is a valuable symbol of human interaction with natural heritage. |
 | Franke, Kristina A.; Kouroshi, Yahya; Skowronek, Miriam; Stöllner, Thomas (Ed.): DFG-SPP 2176: The Iranian Highlands – Resiliences and Integration in Premodern Societies. Accompanying Booklet to the Special Exhibition. 2021. @booklet{nokey,
title = {DFG-SPP 2176: The Iranian Highlands – Resiliences and Integration in Premodern Societies. Accompanying Booklet to the Special Exhibition},
editor = {Kristina A. Franke and Yahya Kouroshi and Miriam Skowronek and Thomas Stöllner},
url = {https://news.rub.de/sites/default/files/spp2176_exhibitbroshuresmall.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-00-00},
urldate = {2021-00-00},
abstract = {The DFG Priority Programme 2176 “The Iranian Highlands: Resilience and Integration in Premodern Societies” consists of 11 individual projects and a coordination programme. Our common goal is to explore early societies of the Iranian highlands and their resilience strategies. International cooperation of a large number of diff erent institutions in Europe and Iran is the basis for the research endeavour. In addition, there is intensive exchange with the “Patrimonies Project” and the project “Documentation and Historical Dialectology of Lori”, two associated projects that focus on current living conditions, the protection of cultural heritage and the study of dialects in the Iranian highlands.},
month = {00},
keywords = {Exhibition, Iranian Highlands},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {booklet}
}
The DFG Priority Programme 2176 “The Iranian Highlands: Resilience and Integration in Premodern Societies” consists of 11 individual projects and a coordination programme. Our common goal is to explore early societies of the Iranian highlands and their resilience strategies. International cooperation of a large number of diff erent institutions in Europe and Iran is the basis for the research endeavour. In addition, there is intensive exchange with the “Patrimonies Project” and the project “Documentation and Historical Dialectology of Lori”, two associated projects that focus on current living conditions, the protection of cultural heritage and the study of dialects in the Iranian highlands. |
 | Henkelman, Wouter F. M.: The Fruits of Pārsa. In: Paleopersepolis: Environment, landscape and society in ancient Fars (Oriens et Occidens), vol. 33, pp. 133-67, 2021. @article{nokey,
title = {The Fruits of Pārsa},
author = {Wouter F. M. Henkelman},
url = {https://www.academia.edu/67513894/The_fruits_of_P%C4%81rsa},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-00-00},
urldate = {2021-00-00},
journal = {Paleopersepolis: Environment, landscape and society in ancient Fars (Oriens et Occidens)},
volume = {33},
pages = {133-67},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
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2020
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 | Stöllner, Thomas; Aali, Abolfazl; Kashani, Natascha Bagherpour (Ed.): Tod im Salz. Eine archäologische Ermittlung in Persien. Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag & Media GmbH, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-96176-141-8. @book{nokey,
title = {Tod im Salz. Eine archäologische Ermittlung in Persien},
editor = {Thomas Stöllner and Abolfazl Aali and Natascha Bagherpour Kashani},
url = {https://bergbaumuseum-shop.de/Tod-im-Salz-Eine-archaeologische-Ermittlung-in-Persien-Begleitbuch-Katalog-und-Graphic-Novel},
isbn = {978-3-96176-141-8},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-12-16},
urldate = {2020-12-16},
publisher = {Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag & Media GmbH},
abstract = {Since the first discoveries in 1993 bodies or body-parts of eight humans have been discovered at the salt-mine of Douzlākh at Chehrābād. These bodies allow a reconstruction of their lives as workers during the different operation periods. By involving many different scientific fields, it became possible to investigate their palaeo-medical aspects, their diet and their health status as well the causes of their
death and their involvement into different aspects of the mining operation and logistics of the mine. It is possible not only to reconstruct three different catastrophes during the Achaemenid, the early and the late Sasanian times but also to understand the social aspects of the working people. The Achaemenid miners certainly came from abroad but already stayed a while in the region, apart from the young miner no. 4 who seems to have arrived shortly before the catastrophe. This group of migrants possibly were sent within a “bandaka”, an Achaemenid labour duty. The Sassanian miners partly came from a “regional” background but also came shortly before their deaths. Saltman 1 is interesting as he is an older individual who possibly had a special role within the miners. Mining at Douzlakh was predominantly operated in periods of strong centralized political systems when governmental activities could be organized over longer distances.},
keywords = {Chehrabad, Exhibition, Mining Archaeology, Salt, Saltmen, Zanjan},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {book}
}
Since the first discoveries in 1993 bodies or body-parts of eight humans have been discovered at the salt-mine of Douzlākh at Chehrābād. These bodies allow a reconstruction of their lives as workers during the different operation periods. By involving many different scientific fields, it became possible to investigate their palaeo-medical aspects, their diet and their health status as well the causes of their
death and their involvement into different aspects of the mining operation and logistics of the mine. It is possible not only to reconstruct three different catastrophes during the Achaemenid, the early and the late Sasanian times but also to understand the social aspects of the working people. The Achaemenid miners certainly came from abroad but already stayed a while in the region, apart from the young miner no. 4 who seems to have arrived shortly before the catastrophe. This group of migrants possibly were sent within a “bandaka”, an Achaemenid labour duty. The Sassanian miners partly came from a “regional” background but also came shortly before their deaths. Saltman 1 is interesting as he is an older individual who possibly had a special role within the miners. Mining at Douzlakh was predominantly operated in periods of strong centralized political systems when governmental activities could be organized over longer distances. |
 | Brown, Michael: The Mountain Fortresses of Rabana-Merquly in Iraqi-Kurdistan. In: BAF-Online: Proceedings of the Berner Altorientalisches Forum, vol. 4, no. 1, 2020. @article{nokey,
title = {The Mountain Fortresses of Rabana-Merquly in Iraqi-Kurdistan},
author = {Michael Brown},
url = {https://bop.unibe.ch/baf/article/view/7202},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.22012/baf.2019.19},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-11-27},
journal = {BAF-Online: Proceedings of the Berner Altorientalisches Forum},
volume = {4},
number = {1},
abstract = {The twin fortresses of Rabana-Merquly are situated on the western side of Mt. Piramagrun, one of the most prominent massifs in the Zagros Mountains. A defining feature of these adjoining settlements are their matching, approximately life-size rock-reliefs depicting a ruler in Parthian dress, which flank the entrance to both sites. Behind the perimeter walls several structures have been recorded including a citadel and a sanctuary complex. The combined intramural area is in excess of 40 hectares. Based on the style of relief sculptures, and the material culture of their associated intramural settlements, occupation is dated to the early first millennium A.D. Investigations at Rabana-Merquly are a collaboration between Heidelberg University and the Sulaymaniyah Directorate of Antiquities. This talk gives an overview of the main fieldwork results to date, emphasizing the relationship between the fortified settlements and the wider landscape of the central Zagros highlands.},
keywords = {Iraqi-Kurdistan, Rabana-Merquly},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The twin fortresses of Rabana-Merquly are situated on the western side of Mt. Piramagrun, one of the most prominent massifs in the Zagros Mountains. A defining feature of these adjoining settlements are their matching, approximately life-size rock-reliefs depicting a ruler in Parthian dress, which flank the entrance to both sites. Behind the perimeter walls several structures have been recorded including a citadel and a sanctuary complex. The combined intramural area is in excess of 40 hectares. Based on the style of relief sculptures, and the material culture of their associated intramural settlements, occupation is dated to the early first millennium A.D. Investigations at Rabana-Merquly are a collaboration between Heidelberg University and the Sulaymaniyah Directorate of Antiquities. This talk gives an overview of the main fieldwork results to date, emphasizing the relationship between the fortified settlements and the wider landscape of the central Zagros highlands. |
 | Stöllner, Thomas: Salzmumien im Iran. In: Archäologie in Deutschland, vol. 5/2020, pp. 14-19, 2020. @article{nokey,
title = {Salzmumien im Iran},
author = {Thomas Stöllner},
url = {https://wbg-zeitschriften.de/produkt/archaeologie-in-deutschland-520-germanen/},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09-11},
urldate = {2020-09-11},
journal = {Archäologie in Deutschland},
volume = {5/2020},
pages = {14-19},
abstract = {Salz ist unverzichtbar: als Mittel zur Konservierung in der Vergangenheit in noch weit höherem Maße als heute. Von der Bedeutung des weißen Goldes zeugen in unseren Breiten berühmte Fundorte wie Hallstatt und Hallein. Im Nordwesten Persiens liegen die Bergwerke von Douzlākh. Dort hat das Salz verunglückte Bergmänner konserviert: eine Momentaufnahme vom Todeskampf untertage.},
keywords = {Chehrabad, Mining Archaeology, Saltmen, Zanjan},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Salz ist unverzichtbar: als Mittel zur Konservierung in der Vergangenheit in noch weit höherem Maße als heute. Von der Bedeutung des weißen Goldes zeugen in unseren Breiten berühmte Fundorte wie Hallstatt und Hallein. Im Nordwesten Persiens liegen die Bergwerke von Douzlākh. Dort hat das Salz verunglückte Bergmänner konserviert: eine Momentaufnahme vom Todeskampf untertage. |
 | Bernbeck, Reinhard; Hessari, Morteza; Pollock, Susan; Rol, Nolwen; Akbari, Hassan; Eger, Jana; Saeedi, Sepideh: Soundings at Three Chalcolithic Sites in the Varamin Plain, 2018. In: Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan, vol. 49, pp. 49-75, 2020, ISSN: 1434-2758. @article{nokey,
title = {Soundings at Three Chalcolithic Sites in the Varamin Plain, 2018},
author = {Reinhard Bernbeck and Morteza Hessari and Susan Pollock and Nolwen Rol and Hassan Akbari and Jana Eger and Sepideh Saeedi},
url = {https://www.academia.edu/44150885/Soundings_at_Three_Chalcolithic_Sites_in_the_Varamin_Plain_2018},
issn = {1434-2758},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-00-00},
journal = {Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan},
volume = {49},
pages = {49-75},
keywords = {Chalcolithic, Varamin Plain},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
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2019
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 | Aali, Abolfazl; Stöllner, Thomas; Firuzmandi, Bahman: Analyzing Archaeological Finds from the Chehrabad Salt Mine. In: Journal of Archaeological Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 191-210, 2019. @article{nokey,
title = {Analyzing Archaeological Finds from the Chehrabad Salt Mine},
author = {Abolfazl Aali and Thomas Stöllner and Bahman Firuzmandi},
url = {https://jarcs.ut.ac.ir/article_73118.html?lang=en},
doi = {10.22059/JARCS.2019.73118},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-00-00},
urldate = {2019-00-00},
journal = {Journal of Archaeological Studies},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
pages = {191-210},
abstract = {The Chehrabad salt mine is one of the rare ancient salt mine in the world and the only identified salt mine in Iran which has evidences of salt extracting over a long time span from 500 BC to modern times. According to the field researches conducted so far, in the excavated area, mining activities are proven to be in use in the Achaemenid, Sasanian, Middle and Late Islamic periods. After the accidental discoveries in 1993 and 2004, several season of excavation and archaeological surveys, have been carried out in the mine and around it. Archaeological researches brought to light interesting results concerning the techniques, periods and extracting tools, also relation between salt mine and the archaeological sites around it. Digging deep tunnels inside the salt rock deposits in different dimensions and sizes and using the various extraction tools can be seen in the excavated area with the difference in details in all the aforementioned periods. The long- term salt extraction activities and multi- periodic collapse of the tunnels, have resulted the formation of various layers such as fall, occupation, mining and erosion layers in different parts of the mine and the filling many of its old tunnels. According to documents, Most of the discovered human remains were probably non- native miners who died during catastrophic mining accidents and mummified naturally.},
keywords = {Chehrabad, Salt, Saltmen, Zanjan},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The Chehrabad salt mine is one of the rare ancient salt mine in the world and the only identified salt mine in Iran which has evidences of salt extracting over a long time span from 500 BC to modern times. According to the field researches conducted so far, in the excavated area, mining activities are proven to be in use in the Achaemenid, Sasanian, Middle and Late Islamic periods. After the accidental discoveries in 1993 and 2004, several season of excavation and archaeological surveys, have been carried out in the mine and around it. Archaeological researches brought to light interesting results concerning the techniques, periods and extracting tools, also relation between salt mine and the archaeological sites around it. Digging deep tunnels inside the salt rock deposits in different dimensions and sizes and using the various extraction tools can be seen in the excavated area with the difference in details in all the aforementioned periods. The long- term salt extraction activities and multi- periodic collapse of the tunnels, have resulted the formation of various layers such as fall, occupation, mining and erosion layers in different parts of the mine and the filling many of its old tunnels. According to documents, Most of the discovered human remains were probably non- native miners who died during catastrophic mining accidents and mummified naturally. |
 | Nasab, Hamed Vahdati; Aali, Abolfazl; Kazzazi, Mandan; Pollard, Mark; Stöllner, Thomas: Reappraisal of the number of salt mummies identified in Chehrābād Salt Mine, Zanjan, Iran. In: Bioarchaeology of the Near East, vol. 13, pp. 23-47, 2019. @article{nokey,
title = {Reappraisal of the number of salt mummies identified in Chehrābād Salt Mine, Zanjan, Iran},
author = {Hamed Vahdati Nasab and Abolfazl Aali and Mandan Kazzazi and Mark Pollard and Thomas Stöllner
},
url = {http://www.anthropology.uw.edu.pl/13/bne-13-03.pdf},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-00-00},
urldate = {2019-00-00},
journal = {Bioarchaeology of the Near East},
volume = {13},
pages = {23-47},
abstract = {e Chehrābād Salt Mine mummies were first discovered in 1993. So far, six individuals have been identified in the mine. ree (1, 2, and 3) were found accidentally by miners, while another three (4, 5, and 6) were discovered through systematic archaeological excavations. is article shows that there are two more individuals represented in the collection, bringing the total number of mummies to eight. Osteological examination confirms that the extra bones initially placed with Salt Man 1 belong to another individual, possibly a young adult male, of unknown date, called Salt Man 7. In addition, results
from AMS dating of an extra piece of mandible, which was originally placed with the skeletal remains of Salt Man 3, indicates that this specimen does not belong to this individual; it was removed from the collection and renamed as Salt Man 8. e osteological analysis of the bone remains of Salt Man 8 suggests that this individual might also be a young male.},
keywords = {Bioarchaeology, Chehrabad, Saltmen, Zanjan},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
e Chehrābād Salt Mine mummies were first discovered in 1993. So far, six individuals have been identified in the mine. ree (1, 2, and 3) were found accidentally by miners, while another three (4, 5, and 6) were discovered through systematic archaeological excavations. is article shows that there are two more individuals represented in the collection, bringing the total number of mummies to eight. Osteological examination confirms that the extra bones initially placed with Salt Man 1 belong to another individual, possibly a young adult male, of unknown date, called Salt Man 7. In addition, results
from AMS dating of an extra piece of mandible, which was originally placed with the skeletal remains of Salt Man 3, indicates that this specimen does not belong to this individual; it was removed from the collection and renamed as Salt Man 8. e osteological analysis of the bone remains of Salt Man 8 suggests that this individual might also be a young male. |
2015
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 | Aali, Abolfazl; Stöllner, Thomas (Ed.): The Archaeology of the Salt Miners. Interdisciplinary Research 2010-2014.. 2015, ISSN: 0947-6229. @book{nokey,
title = {The Archaeology of the Salt Miners. Interdisciplinary Research 2010-2014.},
editor = {Abolfazl Aali and Thomas Stöllner},
url = {https://bergbaumuseum-shop.de/THE-ARCHAEOLOGY-OF-THE-SALT-MINERS},
issn = {0947-6229},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-00-00},
urldate = {2015-00-00},
volume = {21},
number = {1-2},
series = {Metalla},
keywords = {Chehrabad, Mining Archaeology, Salt, Saltmen, Zanjan},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {book}
}
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