Perspectives on the Cultural Sequence of Mamasani

Title
Perspectives on the Cultural Sequence of Mamasani
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Petrie, C A
Weeks, Lloyd
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4736-9633
Email: lweeks2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lweeks2
Potts, D T
Roustaei, K
Editor
Editor(s): DT Potts, K Roustaei, CA Petrie and LR Weeks
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Archaeopress
Place of publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
Edition
2
Series
BAR International Series
UNE publication id
une:16780
Abstract
The preliminary soundings that have been excavated at Tol-e Nurabad and Tol-e Spid, and the preliminary archaeological survey conducted in Dasht-e Rostam-e Yek and Dasht-e Rostam-e Do, have transformed our knowledge of the archaeological heritage of the Mamasani District. As observed in Chapter 1, this is a strategic but relatively unknown part of Fars, and while the excavations and landscape and surface survey have given us unique insight into the prehistoric and historic occupation in the region, they have also broadened and deepened our knowledge of the established cultural sequence of Fars, and provided an essential link in our understanding of the mountainous areas that lie between the better known plains of lowland Susiana and the highland Kur River Basin. As such, this research highlights the potential that regions traditionally considered as being peripheral can have for our understanding of the archaeology of southwestern Iran as a whole.
Link
Citation
The Mamasani Archaeological Project Stage One: A report on the first two seasons of the ICAR - University of Sydney expedition to the Mamasani District, Fars Province, Iran, p. 169-196
ISBN
9781407306209
Start page
169
End page
196

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