The Archeology of the Ritual Practices The Case Study of the Iron Ages Cemeteries of Talesh Region (Maryan & Tandevin)
Subject Areas : Archaeology
Somayeh Astani
1
,
Saeed baghizadeh
2
,
Ehsan Alimadadi
3
1 - Department of Art Research, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran
2 - Department of Archaeology, University of Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad the University of Tehran (Central
Branch), Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Guilan, cemetery, Iron age, Ritual Practice, Burial Customs,
Abstract :
During the life of humans on earth, there has been no subject more interesting and complicated than death. The knowledge and understanding of what will happen to a person after death form the basis of most religions in the world, which have since been referred to as religious matters or religious experiences. The issue of death is so important in many societies that it has caused the birth of schools of thought and, as a result, the growth of various religions and cults. Burial customs include the structure of the graves, the direction, and condition of human or animal skeletons, and the placement of objects in the graves. The Iron Age in Iran and Guilan is divided into three sections: Iron Age I, II, and III. This Period includes from 1500 B.C. to 550 B.C., of course, some archaeologists believe the existence of Iron Age IV, which continues until the middle of the Parthian period (the End of 1st Millennium B.C.).All major discoveries from selected Iron Age sites in the area of Guilan have been explained and classified. In this research, a new attempt has been made to review the religious experience and ritual practices regarding the repeatability of ancient cemeteries of Talesh during the Iron Ages. The main aim of this article is to identify the Iron Age Burial culture in Guilan. This investigation shows that the society’s People of Iron age in the area of Talesh have social Rank and Status but the factor of Gender is not important in classifying their classes.