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- Written by a large number of scholars from around the globe
- Provides information of one of the most important regions of the cradle of civilization
- Presents fascinating archaeological data for the first time
Part of the book series: University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series (UTSHS)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This collection of twenty-eight essays presents an up-to-date survey of pre-Islamic Iran, from the earliest dynasty of Illam to the end of Sasanian empire, encompassing a rich diversity of peoples and cultures. Historically, Iran served as a bridge between the earlier Near Eastern cultures and the later classical world of the Mediterranean, and had a profound influence on political, military, economic, and cultural aspects of the ancient world. Written by international scholars and drawing mainly on the field of practical archaeology, which traditionally has shared little in the way of theories and methods, the book provides crucial pieces to the puzzle of the national identity of Iranian cultures from a historical perspective.
Revealing the wealth and splendor of ancient Iranian society – its rich archaeological data and sophisticated artistic craftsmanship – most of which has never before been presented outside of Iran, this beautifully illustrated book presents a range of studies addressing specific aspects of Iranian archaeology to show why the artistic masterpieces of ancient Iranians rank among the finest ever produced. Together, the authors analyze how archaeology can inform us about our cultural past, and what remains to still be discovered in this important region.Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Kamal-Aldin Niknami, Ali Hozhabri
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period
Editors: Kamal-Aldin Niknami, Ali Hozhabri
Series Title: University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41776-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41775-8Published: 23 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41778-9Published: 23 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41776-5Published: 22 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2367-1092
Series E-ISSN: 2367-1106
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 371
Number of Illustrations: 131 b/w illustrations, 147 illustrations in colour
Topics: History, general, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary