Publications on Iran

@article{nokey,

title = {Tabrīz, Iran. Ilkhanid Tabrīz. Architectural and Archaeological Research on the Rabʿi Rashīdī. Season 2019},

author = {Thomas Lorain and Christian Fuchs and Lorenz Korn},

url = {https://publications.dainst.org/journals/efb/article/view/3982},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.34780/3h77-denz},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

journal = {e-Forschungsberichte des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts},

volume = {2022-2},

abstract = {This article presents preliminary results of the 2019 archaeological campaign on the Rabʿi Rashīdī archaeological site in Tabrīz (Iran). The work undertaken included a geophysical survey, limited excavations as well as an architectural and topographical survey of the whole site. While excavations show for the first time structural remains from the Ilkhanid period (ie early 14th century) and their connections with later occupation, the topographical and architectural survey of the whole site bring new light on its organisation and fortification as well as new questions on specific structures and their meanings.},

keywords = {Ceramics, Islamic era},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Squinches and Semi-domes Between the Late Sasanian and Early Islamic Periods},

author = {Guiseppe Labisi},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/05786967.2019.1633241},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-00-00},

urldate = {2022-00-00},

journal = {Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies},

number = {2},

issue = {28},

pages = {236-49},

abstract = {The aim of this paper is to present a first attempt at a comprehensive classification of squinches related to semi-domes, in Persian kāna pūsh, in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia and Iran between the late Sasanian and early Islamic periods. This feature is a characteristic of the Persian architectural tradition: all the preserved examples are in buildings of considerable importance (most are related to the architecture of the élites) and demonstrate a typological evolution. Furthermore, their origin can also be backdated to between the late Sasanian and early Islamic periods.},

keywords = {Architecture, Islamic era, Sasanian, Social, social relations, Syria},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {An Absolute Radiocarbon Chronology for the World Heritage Site of Sarvestan (SW Iran): A Late Sasanian Heritage in Early Islamic Era},

author = {Morteza Djamali and Elnaz Rashidian and Manuela Capano and Alireza Askari-Chaverdi and Nicolas Faucherre and Frédéric Guibal and Alastair Northedge and Thibaut Tuna and Edouard Bard},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12716},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-00-00},

urldate = {2021-00-00},

journal = {Archaeometry},

number = {2},

issue = {64},

pages = {545–59},

abstract = {This study presents a new precise radiocarbon chronology for the World Heritage site of Sarvestan (SW Iran). The monument is a key construction in the history of architecture because it is a typical Sasanian construction built during the late Sasanian or early Islamic period. Previous attempts to date the monument have suggested the ages ranging from the middle Sasanian (fifth century CE) to early Abbasid (ninth century CE) era. These age estimations are based on the analysis of architectural plans and techniques, and a few radiocarbon dates with very large age uncertainties. This paper presents the results of a systematic radiocarbon dating of timbers in the walls and charcoals in plaster mortars used in the main dome of the monument. It further applies wiggle matching technique and R_Combine function to substantially reduce the age uncertainties in wood sections. The results indicate that a major construction work was undertaken sometime between 658 and 683 CE, the century of the invasion of Fars by Muslim Arabs. This finding pushes back the age of Sarvestan for two centuries and suggests that the monument was built at the transitional period between Sasanian to Islamic era. Sarvestan would have been an architectural project designed and possibly initiated during the late Sasanian period but mainly accomplished during the second half of the seventh century CE. It can thus be considered a late Sasanian heritage in early Islamic period. Its construction at a time of political unrest further suggests that some areas of Fars may have benefited from certain socio-political stabilities during the expansion of Islam into the east at mid- to late seventh century CE.},

keywords = {Dating, Islamic era, Sasanian},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {The White Bronzes of Early Islamic Iran},

author = {Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.2307/1512659},

year  = {1974},

date = {1974-01-01},

journal = {Metropolitan Museum Journal},

volume = {9},

pages = {123-151},

publisher = {The University of Chicago Press},

keywords = {Archaeometallurgy, Bronze, Islamic era},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}