Oscar White Muscarella
- ACHAEMENID GLAZED BRICK DECORATION
ACHAEMENID GLAZED BRICK DECORATION The Achaemenid cities of Persepolis, Pasargadae and Susa were constructed of stone foundations, embellished by sculpted…
- ZIWIYE
ZIWIYE (ZIVIA), name of an archeological site in northwestern Iran at which a trove of objects known as the “Ziwiye…
- FORGERIES ii. OF PRE-ISLAMIC ART OBJECTS
FORGERIES of art objects and manuscripts. ii. OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARTIFACTS There are essentially two kinds of forgeries that affect the…
- COMMERCE i. In the prehistoric period
COMMERCE i. In the prehistoric period In this early period “commerce” is best defined as the movement or exchange of…
- DENḴA TEPE
DENḴA (DINKHA) TEPE, a Bronze and Iron Age site situated in the Ošnū valley of Azarbaijan (q.v.), southwest of Lake…
- LURISTAN BRONZES iii. Modern history of Luristan Bronzes
iii. Modern history of Luristan Bronzes. Luristan is the mountainous area in western Iran bordered by Iraq on the west,…
- JIROFT iii. GENERAL SURVEY OF EXCAVATIONS
JIROFT iii. GENERAL SURVEY OF EXCAVATIONS For archeological accuracy the terms “Jiroft” or “Jiroft culture” employed to define a specific…
- IVORY
IVORY AND ITS USE IN PRE-ISLAMIC IRAN. Prior to the 1st millennium B.C.E. ivories are not commonly documented from excavations…
- IRON AGE
IRON AGE. In Iran the term Iron Age is employed to identify a cultural change that occurred centuries earlier than…