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1. | ![]() | Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Pollock, Susan (Ed.): Coming to Terms with the Future. Concepts of Resilience for the Study of Early Iranian Societies. Sidestone Press, Leiden, 2023, ISBN: 9789464261462. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)@book{nokey, The collection of essays in this book focuses on the highlands of Iran in pre-modern times, reaching from the Paleolithic to the medieval period. What holds the diverse contributions together is an issue that is closely related to debates in our own times: crises and how societies in the past dealt with them. We start from the premise that general circumstances in the fractured topographic structure of the Iranian highlands led to unique relations between ecological, social, economic and political conditions. In three sections entitled “Climate and palaeoenvironment”, “Settlement, subsistence and mobility” und “Political and economic institutions”, the authors ask what sorts of crises afflicted past societies in the Iranian highlands, to what extent they proved resilient, and especially what strategies they developed for enhancing the resilience of their ways of life. Looking for answers in paleoenvironmental proxy data, archaeological findings and written sources, the authors examine subsistence economies, political institutions, religious beliefs, everyday routines and economic specialization in different temporal, spatial and organizational scales. This book is the first volume of a series published by the German-Iranian research cooperation “The Iranian Highlands: Resiliences and Integration in Premodern Societies”. The goal of the research project is to shine a new light on communities and societies that populated the Iranian highlands and their more or less successful strategies to cope with the many vagaries, the constant changes and risks of their natural and humanly shaped environments. CONTENTS Climate and palaeoenvironment Holocene Paleoenvironmental Change and Phases of Drought in the Iranian Highlands. A Review Martin Kehl, Babak Rafiei-Alavi, Hamid Alizadeh Ketek Lahijani The Impact of Climate on Human Occupations in Iran from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age: An Attempt to Link Archaeological and Paleoclimate Records Babak Rafiei-Alavi, Martin Kehl, Hamid Alizadeh Ketek Lahijani Evidence of Neanderthal Resilience from Forty-five to Thirty-nine Thousand Years Ago at the Bawa Yawan Rockshelter, Kermanshah, Zagros Highlands Saman Heydari-Guran, Nemat Hariri, Martin Kehl, Samran Asiabani, Faramarz Azizi, Elham Ghasidian Water Stress and Imperial Politics in the Southern Zagros Mountains: An Interdisciplinary Approach in Long-Term Perspective Andrea Ricci, Silvia Balatti, Elodie Brisset, Morteza Djamali, Abdolmajid Naderi Beni, Ahmad Azadi, Pejman Firoozbakhsh Settlement, subsistence and mobility Resilience in Practice: A View from the Kura-Araxes Cultural Tradition in Iran Sepideh Maziar Reaching the Breaking Point? Developments in the Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age Varamin Plain Susan Pollock, Morteza Hessari, Reinhard Bernbeck The Bronze and Iron Age of Mazandaran (3200–1000 BCE): Resilience and Cultural Adaptability Hassan Fazeli Nashli, Mojtaba Safari, Yunshi Huang, Zhenhua Deng, Hadi Davoudi, Xiaohong Wu The Environmental Limitations for the Pastoral-Nomadic Way of Life in the Karadagh Highlands of Northwestern Iran: Evidence from the Iron Age I-II and Modern Times Bahram Ajorloo Political and economic institutions Second-Year Cows for Manlari. Elamite State Investment in Cattle Husbandry in the Southern Zagros Mountains Azam Rayat and Walther Sallaberger Coping with Problems of Mining: Approaching Resilience Strategies through the Study of Resource-Scapes in the Iranian Highlands Thomas Stöllner Imperial Control and Highland Resilience in the Parthian Zagros Michael Brown and Shelir Amelirad Resilience in Centralized State Systems. The Persepolis Fortification Archive and Achaemenid Institutional Longevity Wouter F. M. Henkelman, Kai Kaniuth, Kourosh Mohammadkhani Prestigious Building and Urban Development in Ilkhanid Iran: The Rabʿ-i Rashīdī in Tabrīz as an Example of Resilience and Vulnerability in a Long-Term Perspective Birgitt Hoffmann, Lorenz Korn, Thomas Lorain, Jonas Elbers, Maryam Moeini Dynamics of Development and Resilience in Western Fars: The Bozpar Valley Stefan R. Hauser, Giuseppe Labisi, Elnaz Rashidian |
2. | ![]() | 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. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)@article{nokey, 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. |
3. | ![]() | Kashani, Natascha Bagherpour: Depositional Practices at the Natural Sanctuary of Veshnaveh, Central Iran: Jewellery and Watery Caves. Verlag Marie Leidorf, Rahden/Westfalen, 2022. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)@book{nokey, The mining archaeological excavations in Veshnaveh were among the first systematic of their kind in Iran. This is surprising, since the site itself had been known and described since the 1970s, but could not be investigated thoroughly until the early 2000s. The joint Iranian-German research in Veshnaveh was carried out as a part of the “Early Min- ing and Metallurgy in West-Central Iran” project, which had been continued until 2005. In this context, the mining area of Veshnaveh was comprehensively researched and, for the first time, underground excavations and surveys were carried out in the vicinity of the mining area. During our research of the mining evidence, it was the more surprising to discover ritual re-use of a Bronze Age copper mine. The excavations from 2001 onwards made it immediately clear that these deposits were not part of mining debris as one would have expected for mining activities. The findings suggested a different con- text and it was clear that this was a special rural sanc- tuary of pre- and early Zoroastrian cults. |
4. | ![]() | Stöllner, Thomas: Entangled Connections: Materialized Practices of Knowledge-Networks of Mining: From the Theoretical Level to its Empirical Consequences in Mining Archaeology.. In: Farrenkopf, Michael; Siemer, Stefan (Ed.): Materielle Kulturen des Bergbaus – Material Cultures of Mining: Zugänge, Aspekte und Beispiele – Approaches, Aspects and Examples, pp. 317-344, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Berlin and Boston, 2022. (Type: Book Chapter | Links | BibTeX)@inbook{nokey, |
5. | ![]() | 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. (Type: Booklet | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)@booklet{nokey, 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. |
6. | ![]() | Stöllner, Thomas; Nokandeh, Jebrael (Ed.): Human Search for Resources. Highlights of Ancient Mining from the German Mining Museum Bochum. 2021. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)@book{nokey, “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. |
7. | ![]() | Stöllner, Thomas; Aali, Abolfazl: Long-Term Salt Mining in Chehrābād: Resilient Strategies in Accessing Mineral Resources at the Iranian Highlands. In: Pearls, Politics and Pistachios: Essays in Anthropology and Memories on the Occasion of Susan Pollock’s 65th Birthday, pp. 352-369, Ex Oriente/Propylaeum, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2021. (Type: Book Chapter | Links | BibTeX)@inbook{nokey, |
8. | ![]() | 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. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)@article{nokey, 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. |
9. | ![]() | 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. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)@article{nokey, The Chehrābād Salt Mine mummies were first discovered in 1993. So far, six individuals have been identified in the mine. Three (1, 2, and 3) were found accidentally by miners, while another three (4, 5, and 6) were discovered through systematic archaeological excavations. This 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. The osteological analysis of the bone remains of Salt Man 8 suggests that this individual might also be a young male. |
10. | ![]() | Aali, Abolfazl; Stöllner, Thomas (Ed.): The Archaeology of the Salt Miners. Interdisciplinary Research 2010-2014.. 2015, ISSN: 0947-6229. (Type: Book | Links | BibTeX)@book{nokey, |
11. | Vaněček, Mirko: Mineral deposits of the world : ores, industrial minerals, and rocks [excerpt]. Elsevier, 1994. (Type: Book | BibTeX)@book{nokey, | |
12. | Casanova, Michele: The Sources of the Lapis Lazuli Found in Iran. In: South Asian archaeology 1989 : papers from the Tenth International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe, Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Paris, France, 3-7 July, 1989
, pp. 49-56, Prehistory Press, 1992. (Type: Book Chapter | BibTeX)@inbook{nokey, | |
13. | Besenval, R.: Les populations nomades et l'exploitation des ressources minerales dans les zones arides et semi-arides. In: Nomades et Sedentaires en Asie Cantrale. Apports de l'archeologie et de l'ethnologie
, pp. 53-56, CNRS Éditions, 1990. (Type: Book Chapter | BibTeX)@inbook{nokey, | |
14. | Momenzadeh, Morteza: Atlas of ancient mines and metallurgy sites of Iran: A preliminary working plan. In: Geological survey of Iran, 1978. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX)@article{nokey, | |
15. | Danninger, H. P.: Die Salzstöcke von Hormuz. In: Kosmos, vol. 70, pp. 388-393, 1974. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX)@article{nokey, | |
16. | Shafighi, C.: Die Erzvorkommen im Gebiet von Ahangaran (b. Malayer, Iran). 1973. (Type: PhD Thesis | BibTeX)@phdthesis{nokey, | |
17. | ![]() | Schafighi, Sirius: Die Bleiminien von Ahängäran bei Mälazer (Zentral-Iran). 1972. (Type: PhD Thesis | BibTeX)@phdthesis{nokey, |
18. | Bailey, Edgar Herbert: Geology and ore deposits of the Lakan lead-zinc district, Iran. In: Volume 3 of CENTO Training Program in Geological Mapping Techniques
, pp. 5–24, 1970. (Type: Book Chapter | BibTeX)@inbook{nokey, | |
19. | Schwarz, Paul: Bodenschätze und Gewerbfleiss. In: Iran im Mittelalter
, pp. 185-195, Olms, 1969. (Type: Book Chapter | BibTeX)@inbook{nokey, | |
20. | Krause, H.: Die Kupferverteilung auf der Eisenerzlagerstätte Shams Abad (Iran) und ihre genetische Deutung. In: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, vol. 100, pp. 185-202, 1963. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX)@article{nokey, |
2023 |
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![]() | Bernbeck, Reinhard; Eberhardt, Gisela; Pollock, Susan (Ed.): Coming to Terms with the Future. Concepts of Resilience for the Study of Early Iranian Societies. Sidestone Press, Leiden, 2023, ISBN: 9789464261462. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Administration, Economy, Environmental conditions, Institutions, Integration, Mobility, Resilience, Resources, Settlement and subsistance systems, Structure development)@book{nokey, The collection of essays in this book focuses on the highlands of Iran in pre-modern times, reaching from the Paleolithic to the medieval period. What holds the diverse contributions together is an issue that is closely related to debates in our own times: crises and how societies in the past dealt with them. We start from the premise that general circumstances in the fractured topographic structure of the Iranian highlands led to unique relations between ecological, social, economic and political conditions. In three sections entitled “Climate and palaeoenvironment”, “Settlement, subsistence and mobility” und “Political and economic institutions”, the authors ask what sorts of crises afflicted past societies in the Iranian highlands, to what extent they proved resilient, and especially what strategies they developed for enhancing the resilience of their ways of life. Looking for answers in paleoenvironmental proxy data, archaeological findings and written sources, the authors examine subsistence economies, political institutions, religious beliefs, everyday routines and economic specialization in different temporal, spatial and organizational scales. This book is the first volume of a series published by the German-Iranian research cooperation “The Iranian Highlands: Resiliences and Integration in Premodern Societies”. The goal of the research project is to shine a new light on communities and societies that populated the Iranian highlands and their more or less successful strategies to cope with the many vagaries, the constant changes and risks of their natural and humanly shaped environments. CONTENTS Climate and palaeoenvironment Holocene Paleoenvironmental Change and Phases of Drought in the Iranian Highlands. A Review Martin Kehl, Babak Rafiei-Alavi, Hamid Alizadeh Ketek Lahijani The Impact of Climate on Human Occupations in Iran from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age: An Attempt to Link Archaeological and Paleoclimate Records Babak Rafiei-Alavi, Martin Kehl, Hamid Alizadeh Ketek Lahijani Evidence of Neanderthal Resilience from Forty-five to Thirty-nine Thousand Years Ago at the Bawa Yawan Rockshelter, Kermanshah, Zagros Highlands Saman Heydari-Guran, Nemat Hariri, Martin Kehl, Samran Asiabani, Faramarz Azizi, Elham Ghasidian Water Stress and Imperial Politics in the Southern Zagros Mountains: An Interdisciplinary Approach in Long-Term Perspective Andrea Ricci, Silvia Balatti, Elodie Brisset, Morteza Djamali, Abdolmajid Naderi Beni, Ahmad Azadi, Pejman Firoozbakhsh Settlement, subsistence and mobility Resilience in Practice: A View from the Kura-Araxes Cultural Tradition in Iran Sepideh Maziar Reaching the Breaking Point? Developments in the Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age Varamin Plain Susan Pollock, Morteza Hessari, Reinhard Bernbeck The Bronze and Iron Age of Mazandaran (3200–1000 BCE): Resilience and Cultural Adaptability Hassan Fazeli Nashli, Mojtaba Safari, Yunshi Huang, Zhenhua Deng, Hadi Davoudi, Xiaohong Wu The Environmental Limitations for the Pastoral-Nomadic Way of Life in the Karadagh Highlands of Northwestern Iran: Evidence from the Iron Age I-II and Modern Times Bahram Ajorloo Political and economic institutions Second-Year Cows for Manlari. Elamite State Investment in Cattle Husbandry in the Southern Zagros Mountains Azam Rayat and Walther Sallaberger Coping with Problems of Mining: Approaching Resilience Strategies through the Study of Resource-Scapes in the Iranian Highlands Thomas Stöllner Imperial Control and Highland Resilience in the Parthian Zagros Michael Brown and Shelir Amelirad Resilience in Centralized State Systems. The Persepolis Fortification Archive and Achaemenid Institutional Longevity Wouter F. M. Henkelman, Kai Kaniuth, Kourosh Mohammadkhani Prestigious Building and Urban Development in Ilkhanid Iran: The Rabʿ-i Rashīdī in Tabrīz as an Example of Resilience and Vulnerability in a Long-Term Perspective Birgitt Hoffmann, Lorenz Korn, Thomas Lorain, Jonas Elbers, Maryam Moeini Dynamics of Development and Resilience in Western Fars: The Bozpar Valley Stefan R. Hauser, Giuseppe Labisi, Elnaz Rashidian |
![]() | 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. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Crisis, Resilience, Resources, Sustainability)@article{nokey, 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. |
2022 |
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![]() | Kashani, Natascha Bagherpour: Depositional Practices at the Natural Sanctuary of Veshnaveh, Central Iran: Jewellery and Watery Caves. Verlag Marie Leidorf, Rahden/Westfalen, 2022. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Bronze Age, Copper, copper base, Metal Resources, Mining, Qom, Religious structures, Resources)@book{nokey, The mining archaeological excavations in Veshnaveh were among the first systematic of their kind in Iran. This is surprising, since the site itself had been known and described since the 1970s, but could not be investigated thoroughly until the early 2000s. The joint Iranian-German research in Veshnaveh was carried out as a part of the “Early Min- ing and Metallurgy in West-Central Iran” project, which had been continued until 2005. In this context, the mining area of Veshnaveh was comprehensively researched and, for the first time, underground excavations and surveys were carried out in the vicinity of the mining area. During our research of the mining evidence, it was the more surprising to discover ritual re-use of a Bronze Age copper mine. The excavations from 2001 onwards made it immediately clear that these deposits were not part of mining debris as one would have expected for mining activities. The findings suggested a different con- text and it was clear that this was a special rural sanc- tuary of pre- and early Zoroastrian cults. |
![]() | Stöllner, Thomas: Entangled Connections: Materialized Practices of Knowledge-Networks of Mining: From the Theoretical Level to its Empirical Consequences in Mining Archaeology.. In: Farrenkopf, Michael; Siemer, Stefan (Ed.): Materielle Kulturen des Bergbaus – Material Cultures of Mining: Zugänge, Aspekte und Beispiele – Approaches, Aspects and Examples, pp. 317-344, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Berlin and Boston, 2022. (Type: Book Chapter | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Minerals, Mining, Resources, Social, social relations)@inbook{nokey, |
2021 |
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![]() | 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. (Type: Booklet | Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Administration, Institutions, Integration, Landscape, Mobility, Resilience, Resources)@booklet{nokey, 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. |
![]() | Stöllner, Thomas; Nokandeh, Jebrael (Ed.): Human Search for Resources. Highlights of Ancient Mining from the German Mining Museum Bochum. 2021. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Mining, Resources, Social, social relations, Trade)@book{nokey, “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. |
![]() | Stöllner, Thomas; Aali, Abolfazl: Long-Term Salt Mining in Chehrābād: Resilient Strategies in Accessing Mineral Resources at the Iranian Highlands. In: Pearls, Politics and Pistachios: Essays in Anthropology and Memories on the Occasion of Susan Pollock’s 65th Birthday, pp. 352-369, Ex Oriente/Propylaeum, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2021. (Type: Book Chapter | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Achaemenid, Administration, Bronze Age, Chalcolithic, Institutions, Iron Age, Islamic era, Minerals, Mining, Neolithic, Resilience, Resources, Salt, Sasanian, Zanjan)@inbook{nokey, |
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. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Achaemenid, Mining, Resilience, Resources, Sasanian, Zanjan)@article{nokey, 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. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Achaemenid, Mining, Resilience, Resources, Sasanian, Zanjan)@article{nokey, The Chehrābād Salt Mine mummies were first discovered in 1993. So far, six individuals have been identified in the mine. Three (1, 2, and 3) were found accidentally by miners, while another three (4, 5, and 6) were discovered through systematic archaeological excavations. This 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. The 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. (Type: Book | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Achaemenid, Mining, Resilience, Resources, Sasanian, Zanjan)@book{nokey, |
1994 |
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Vaněček, Mirko: Mineral deposits of the world : ores, industrial minerals, and rocks [excerpt]. Elsevier, 1994. (Type: Book | BibTeX | Tags: Resources)@book{nokey, | |
1992 |
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Casanova, Michele: The Sources of the Lapis Lazuli Found in Iran. In: South Asian archaeology 1989 : papers from the Tenth International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe, Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Paris, France, 3-7 July, 1989
, pp. 49-56, Prehistory Press, 1992. (Type: Book Chapter | BibTeX | Tags: Minerals, Resources)@inbook{nokey, | |
1990 |
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Besenval, R.: Les populations nomades et l'exploitation des ressources minerales dans les zones arides et semi-arides. In: Nomades et Sedentaires en Asie Cantrale. Apports de l'archeologie et de l'ethnologie
, pp. 53-56, CNRS Éditions, 1990. (Type: Book Chapter | BibTeX | Tags: Minerals, Resources)@inbook{nokey, | |
1978 |
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Momenzadeh, Morteza: Atlas of ancient mines and metallurgy sites of Iran: A preliminary working plan. In: Geological survey of Iran, 1978. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Archaeometallurgy, Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1974 |
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Danninger, H. P.: Die Salzstöcke von Hormuz. In: Kosmos, vol. 70, pp. 388-393, 1974. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources, Salt)@article{nokey, | |
1973 |
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Shafighi, C.: Die Erzvorkommen im Gebiet von Ahangaran (b. Malayer, Iran). 1973. (Type: PhD Thesis | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Minerals, Resources)@phdthesis{nokey, | |
1972 |
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![]() | Schafighi, Sirius: Die Bleiminien von Ahängäran bei Mälazer (Zentral-Iran). 1972. (Type: PhD Thesis | BibTeX | Tags: Archaeometallurgy, Metal Resources, Resources)@phdthesis{nokey, |
1970 |
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Bailey, Edgar Herbert: Geology and ore deposits of the Lakan lead-zinc district, Iran. In: Volume 3 of CENTO Training Program in Geological Mapping Techniques
, pp. 5–24, 1970. (Type: Book Chapter | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Resources)@inbook{nokey, | |
1969 |
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Schwarz, Paul: Bodenschätze und Gewerbfleiss. In: Iran im Mittelalter
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1963 |
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Krause, H.: Die Kupferverteilung auf der Eisenerzlagerstätte Shams Abad (Iran) und ihre genetische Deutung. In: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, vol. 100, pp. 185-202, 1963. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Copper, Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
Schürenberg, Horst: Über iranische Kupfererzvorkommen mit komplexen Kobalt-Nickelerzen. In: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, vol. 99, no. 2, 1963. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Copper, Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1960 |
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Friedrich, Otmar Michael: Zur Genesis und Mineralogie einiger ostpersischer Blei-und Zinklagerstätten. In: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, vol. 94, pp. 430–468, 1960. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1959 |
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Walther, Hansjust W.; Wirtz, D.: Geologie und Lagerstätten in Südost-Iran (Kohle-, Salz- und Erzlagerstätten). In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 757-758, 1959. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Resources, Salt)@article{nokey, | |
1952 |
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Spuhler, Berthold: Bodenschätze [excerpt]. In: Iran in früh-islamischer Zeit. Politik, Kultur, Verwaltung und öffentliches Leben zwischen der arabischen und der seldschukischen Eroberung, 633 bis 1055.
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1945 |
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Ladame, Georges: Les ressources metallifere de l'Iran. In: Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, vol. 25, pp. 165-303, 1945. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1944 |
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Hirschi, H.: Über Persiens Salzstöcke. In: Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, vol. 24, pp. 30-57, 1944. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources, Salt)@article{nokey, | |
Diehl, E.: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Erzfundstellen Irans. In: Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, vol. 24, pp. 333-371, 1944. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1937 |
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Unterhössel, F.: Die wichtigeren Erzvorkommen des persischen Karadag-Gebirges. In: Metall und Erz, vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 237-242, 1937. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
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1933 |
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Böhne, E.: Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung und Erschließung der Steinkohlenvorkommen Persiens. In: Zeitschrift für praktische Geologie, vol. 40, no. 10, 1933. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1932 |
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1931 |
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Fulda, Ernst: Die Salzstöcke am Persischen Golf. In: Zeitschrift für die Kali- und Salzsteinindustrie sowie das Salinenwesen, vol. 1, pp. 1–5, 1931. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources, Salt)@article{nokey, | |
1926 |
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Range, Paul: Geologie und Mineralvorkommen von Persien. In: Zeitschrift für praktische Geologie, vol. 34, no. 4, 1926. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1908 |
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Simmersbach, Bruno: Die Mineralvorkommen und die bergabulichen Verhältnisse in Anatolien, Kurdistan und Arabistan. In: Zeitschrift für das Berg-, Hütten- und Salinenwesen, vol. 56, pp. 417-421, 1908. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1907 |
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1898 |
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Helmhacker, R.: The Mineral Resources of Persia. In: The Engineering and Mining Journal, vol. 66, pp. 38-40, 1898. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
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1888 |
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Toqué, M.: Mines de turqouises de Nichapour, province de Khoraçan. (Perse). In: vol. 13, pp. 563-577, 1888. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Mining, Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1881 |
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Schindler, A. Houtum: Neue Angaben über die Mineralreichthümer Persiens und Notizen über die Gegend westlich von. Zendjan. In: Jahrbuch der Kais. Kön. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 169 -190, 1881. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1879 |
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Tietze, Emil: Die Mineralreichthümer Persiens. In: Jahrbuch der Kais. Kön. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, vol. 29, no. 4, 1879. (Type: Journal Article | BibTeX | Tags: Resources)@article{nokey, | |
1840 |
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Robertson, James: An account of the iron mines of Caradogh, near Tabreez in Persia, and of the method there practised of producing malleable-iron by a single process directly from the ore. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. 14, pp. 699-707, 1840. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Metal Resources, Mining, Resources)@article{nokey, |