Journal of Archaeological Research in West Asia (JARWA)

Research Paper
The Beribboned Ram in Sasanian Art and Its Possible Religious Associations
The Beribboned Ram in Sasanian Art and Its Possible Religious Associations

Matteo Compareti

Volume 1, Issue 1 , 2022, Pages 1-19

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarwa.2022.333534.16

Abstract
   Isolated rams or a couple of rams beside a central tree represented the most popular subject on Sasanian sphragistics. This animal could have been a religious symbol in Sasanian ...  Read More
Research Paper
Eternal fragile: Preliminary Analytical Approach to Glass Characterization at Early Islamic Glass Workshop in the City of Istakhr
Eternal fragile: Preliminary Analytical Approach to Glass Characterization at Early Islamic Glass Workshop in the City of Istakhr

Mohammadamin Emami; Farahnaz Bayat Nejad; Ahmad Ali Asadi; Rémy Chapoulie

Volume 1, Issue 1 , 2022, Pages 15-26

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarwa.2022.333307.15

Abstract
  Glass finds from the archaeological excavation of the city of Istakhr in the Fars province was subjected for the first time to archaeometrical investigations. Based on their archaeological ...  Read More
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Age Estimation of Iron Age Skeletons from Qareh Tape of Sagzabad Iran On the Basis of Pulp/Tooth Ratio Method
Age Estimation of Iron Age Skeletons from Qareh Tape of Sagzabad Iran On the Basis of Pulp/Tooth Ratio Method

Elham Farnam; Mostafa Dehpahlavan

Volume 1, Issue 1 , 2022, Pages 27-42

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarwa.2022.333553.17

Abstract
  Estimating the age of death has always been a challenging subject in bioarchaeology . Various methods of age estimating based on bone and dental indicators have been devised. Pulp/tooth ...  Read More
Research Paper
Between the mountain and the plain. A case study of remote-sensing analysis from the area of Izeh (Khuzistan, Iran)
Between the mountain and the plain. A case study of remote-sensing analysis from the area of Izeh (Khuzistan, Iran)

Francesca Giusto; Enrico Foietta

Volume 1, Issue 1 , 2022, Pages 43-58

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarwa.2022.336916.19

Abstract
  The study area is located in Central-western of Zagros, in the upper basin of the Karun River. The work presented here focused on the plain of Izeh and the surrounding mountains, in ...  Read More
Research Paper
Decoration Technology of Dalma Pottery at the Site of Seh Gabi, Western Iran
Decoration Technology of Dalma Pottery at the Site of Seh Gabi, Western Iran

Golnaz Hossein-Mardi; Kamal Aldin Niknami

Volume 1, Issue 1 , 2022, Pages 59-80

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarwa.2022.335746.18

Abstract
  The Dalma pottery of Seh Gabi Tepe, dating to the early Middle Chalcolithic, has been examined by means of experimental archaeology to see how it was decorated and how useful the experimental ...  Read More
Research Paper
Painted Pottery Networks During the 5th Millennium BCE in Southern Iran
Painted Pottery Networks During the 5th Millennium BCE in Southern Iran

Takehiro Miki

Volume 1, Issue 1 , 2022, Pages 81-94

https://doi.org/10.22059/jarwa.2022.99023

Abstract
  During the 5th millennium BCE in southern Iran, black-on-buff painted pottery spread from the Susiana Plain to the Zagros Mountains. Some researchers argued that the expansion of the ...  Read More