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Subject(s)

• Excavations (Archaeology)—Iran—Persepolis [Browse]
• Persepolis (Iran)—Antiquities [Browse]
• Persepolis (Iran)—History [Browse]

Author

• Callieri, Pierfrancesco [Browse]

Series

• BAR international series ; 2870. [More in this series]
• BAR International Series ; 2870

Summary note

This book represents the final report on the field work carried out in 2008 and 2009 by the Iranian-Italian Joint Archaeological Mission at the archaeological site of Persepolis West, where parts of the town adjacent to the well-known Achaemenid monumental terrace of Persepolis have been located. The eleven trial trenches excavated in areas indicated by the results of Iranian and Iranian-French geophysical surveys represent the first stratigraphic excavations ever carried out on this site, the dating of which is supported by a rich series of radiocarbon datings. Illustration of the excavations is preceded by an accurate geophysical study of the topographical context and accompanied by a detailed and richly illustrated analysis of pottery and other finds: the safe stratigraphic context makes these finds a particularly important source of evidence for our knowledge of the ceramics of Fars during the historic pre-Islamic age. The excavations largely confirm the location of the built-up area of Parsa indicated by geophysical surveys.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293).

ISBN

• 1407316087 ((pbk.))
• 9781407316086 ((pbk.))

LCCN

2017479518

OCLC

1006442834

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