Survey of Livelihood in Archaeological Sites of Iran in Parthian Period on the Basis of Laboratorial Studies on the Archaeological Human Bone of this Period

Subject Areas : Historical Archaeology

Tahereh Azizipour ¹ , Farhang Khademi Nadoushan ² , Mohammad Lamei Rashti ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor, Vendograph Laboratory, Iranian Nuclear Energy Organization, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2023-07-09 Accepted : 2023-07-09 Published : 2012-08-22

Keywords: Nutrition, fe, zn, Ca, p, PIXE, Parthian period, Sr,

Abstract :

Reconstructing of environment and livelihood in ancient sites is an important subject in archaeological studies. Researchers use several methods for palaeodiet studies. One of these methods survey nutrition in use determines rate concentration of chemical element in ancient skeletal. Parthian people which ruled in Iran since 238 BC for 224 AD, when extended their power from east to the west by occupying new territory , found different civilization with their food consuming patterns. Elemental analysis of teeth of human skeletal from sites and graves of this period gave valuable information about nutrition in this period. In this article we want the found information about paleodiet in Parthian period in use PIXE manner. We have selected the teeth under study, from several Parthian sites in Iran, Shian, Valiran, Kharand, Gandab and nakhle Ibrahimi. We emphasis on these elements; Fe, Ca, Sr, Zn and P. In this research we gathered information about the variety in food in Parthian period.