2026
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 | Reilly, Matthew C.: Crises of Our Own Making: Finding a Way Out of the Resilience Myth for Archaeology. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Crises of Our Own Making: Finding a Way Out of the Resilience Myth for Archaeology},
author = {Matthew C. Reilly},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
urldate = {2026-01-01},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, Resilience, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Maziar, Sepideh: Are Archaeologists Crisis-philic? Exploring the Nexus of Climate Change and Migration. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Are Archaeologists Crisis-philic? Exploring the Nexus of Climate Change and Migration},
author = {Sepideh Maziar},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
urldate = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Climate, Crisis, Mobility, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Rafiei-Alavi,: How did the Elamites Cope with Crises? Looking at the Gap between the Middle and the Neo-Elamite Period. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {How did the Elamites Cope with Crises? Looking at the Gap between the Middle and the Neo-Elamite Period},
author = {Rafiei-Alavi},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
urldate = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, Elam, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Brown, Michael: Is This Burning an Eternal Flame? Political Crises and Dynastic Cults in Southwest Asia during Early Antiquity. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Is This Burning an Eternal Flame? Political Crises and Dynastic Cults in Southwest Asia during Early Antiquity},
author = { Michael Brown},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
urldate = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, sacral, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Hausmair, Barbara: Death at the beginning of life. Medieval and early modern infant burial as response to multiple crises and what we can learn from it today. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Death at the beginning of life. Medieval and early modern infant burial as response to multiple crises and what we can learn from it today},
author = { Barbara Hausmair},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Zehbari, Zohreh: Dehqaed’s Natural Crises and the Challenge of Flooding. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Dehqaed’s Natural Crises and the Challenge of Flooding},
author = {Zohreh Zehbari},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, SPP, Water, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Mishmastnehi, Moslem; Bernbeck, Reinhard: Fending off Crises with Porosity: Sand, Water and Wind in the Helmand Basin. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Fending off Crises with Porosity: Sand, Water and Wind in the Helmand Basin},
author = {Moslem Mishmastnehi and Reinhard Bernbeck},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Susan Pollock Reinhard Bernbeck,; Eger, Jana: Probing Criticality: Sliding Scales of Crisis in Two Highland Societies. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Probing Criticality: Sliding Scales of Crisis in Two Highland Societies},
author = {Reinhard Bernbeck, Susan Pollock, and Jana Eger},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Franke, Kristina A: On the Edge of Crisis – A View from Archaeometry. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {On the Edge of Crisis – A View from Archaeometry},
author = {Kristina A Franke},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Archaeometry, Crisis, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Stöllner, Thomas: Metal and Crisis: Crisis Phenomena in the Production, Distribution and Utilisation of Copper and Other Metals Between the 4th and the Late 2nd Millennium BCE in West Asia. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {Metal and Crisis: Crisis Phenomena in the Production, Distribution and Utilisation of Copper and Other Metals Between the 4th and the Late 2nd Millennium BCE in West Asia},
author = {Thomas Stöllner},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, Metal Resources, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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| Thomalsky, Judith; Abedi, Akbar: No Risk, No Neolithisation. In: Pollock, Susan; Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Kehl, Martin (Ed.): Sidestone, Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies, 2026. @inbook{nokey,
title = {No Risk, No Neolithisation},
author = {Judith Thomalsky and Akbar Abedi},
editor = {Susan Pollock and Reinhard Bernbeck and Gisela Eberhardt and Martin Kehl},
url = {https://www.sidestone.com/books/unforeseeable-futures},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.59641/y3b9v0w1x2},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
publisher = {Sidestone},
edition = {Unforeseeable Futures. Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies},
series = {The Iranian Highlands. Early Societies between Resilience and Integration},
keywords = {Crisis, Neolithic, SPP, Workshop},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inbook}
}
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2023
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 | Maziar, Sepideh: Role of Archaeology in the Sustainable Development of Iran; A View from Resilience Theory. In: Pazhoheshha-ye Bastan Shenasi Iran, vol. 13, no. 38, pp. 377-402, 2023. @article{nokey,
title = {Role of Archaeology in the Sustainable Development of Iran; A View from Resilience Theory},
author = {Sepideh Maziar},
url = {https://iranhighlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Maziar.2024.Resilience-and-Sustainability.pdf},
doi = {10.22084/nb.2022.24793.2371},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-01-01},
urldate = {2023-01-01},
journal = {Pazhoheshha-ye Bastan Shenasi Iran},
volume = {13},
number = {38},
pages = {377-402},
abstract = {The Iranian plateau has witnessed various cultural, social, and political phenomena from the prehistoric millennia to the present century. Sometimes some of them have led to prosperity, growth, and development, and others have been accompanied by war, conflict, and collapse. On the other hand, the diverse and variable ecosystem of the Iranian plateau as one of the semiarid regions in Southwest Asia leads to different environmental and climatic conditions. Like many other parts of the world, these circumstances caused prolonged droughts, floods, and other unpredictable environmental disasters or disturbances. However, ecological catastrophes, climate change, social and political transformations do not confine to this landscape or current time. Amid these circumstances, what makes a society resilient to these often unpredictable disturbances is its ability to cope with them. I do argue that learning from past experiences will enable communities to consciously manage the crisis and prevent trial and error methods. In recent decades, various theories have been proposed in anthropology and archeology. One of these theories, borrowed from ecology, is the theory of “resilience”. In this research, the role of archeology in resilience studies and different aspects of this theory is expounded. It designates how archaeology, with its multidisciplinary nature, under the resilience framework can transfer the knowledge of the past societies to us. Resilience theory is one of the rare frameworks that explore change, transformation, and development within a long-perspective environmental setting as well as its contemporary social, political, and economic contexts. Evaluating the correlations between climatic and cultural changes in Longue-durée, recognizing a degree of sustainability, finding probable past societies solutions to environmental challenges, and deciphering the long-term processes of resilience are the objectives that could be addressed under this framework. In this article, the significance of this theory as a promising bridging approach for the hazardous landscape of the Iranian plateau is demonstrated. },
keywords = {Crisis, Resilience, Resources, Sustainability},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The Iranian plateau has witnessed various cultural, social, and political phenomena from the prehistoric millennia to the present century. Sometimes some of them have led to prosperity, growth, and development, and others have been accompanied by war, conflict, and collapse. On the other hand, the diverse and variable ecosystem of the Iranian plateau as one of the semiarid regions in Southwest Asia leads to different environmental and climatic conditions. Like many other parts of the world, these circumstances caused prolonged droughts, floods, and other unpredictable environmental disasters or disturbances. However, ecological catastrophes, climate change, social and political transformations do not confine to this landscape or current time. Amid these circumstances, what makes a society resilient to these often unpredictable disturbances is its ability to cope with them. I do argue that learning from past experiences will enable communities to consciously manage the crisis and prevent trial and error methods. In recent decades, various theories have been proposed in anthropology and archeology. One of these theories, borrowed from ecology, is the theory of “resilience”. In this research, the role of archeology in resilience studies and different aspects of this theory is expounded. It designates how archaeology, with its multidisciplinary nature, under the resilience framework can transfer the knowledge of the past societies to us. Resilience theory is one of the rare frameworks that explore change, transformation, and development within a long-perspective environmental setting as well as its contemporary social, political, and economic contexts. Evaluating the correlations between climatic and cultural changes in Longue-durée, recognizing a degree of sustainability, finding probable past societies solutions to environmental challenges, and deciphering the long-term processes of resilience are the objectives that could be addressed under this framework. In this article, the significance of this theory as a promising bridging approach for the hazardous landscape of the Iranian plateau is demonstrated. |
