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        1 - Cemetery of Dowl Pahn and the Pottery of Susa IVA-IIIB
        Khodakaram Mazaheri
        The First mid of third millennium BC is one of the main archaeological periods in central Zagros that nevertheless lack and dispersion of archaeological documents (special in central Lorestan), depth change and culture evolutions happen in this period. In this study, we More
        The First mid of third millennium BC is one of the main archaeological periods in central Zagros that nevertheless lack and dispersion of archaeological documents (special in central Lorestan), depth change and culture evolutions happen in this period. In this study, we have studied, compared, analyzed and identified the species of gathered finds during archeological surveys on Cemetery of Dowl Pahn. This place is a cemetery connected with nomadism settlements which is located in the near of Dareh-Shahr, one of towns in Ilam province. Study of gathered ceramic fragments during archeological surveys on Cemetery of Dowl Pahn indicates that in southern districts of western pish-i kouh, pottery tradition Susa IIIB-IIIC was dominated before formation of the monochrome painted pottery tradition of Godin III6/Susa IVA. Found documents of cemeteries like Dowl Pahn and Mirvali indicates the influence of Proto-Elamite culture in southern valleys of centeral Zagros. It seems that monochrome painted pottery tradition before spread in Susa IVA/Godin III6 period in different districts of central Zagros had been spread in some southern districts of this area.  Manuscript profile
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        2 - Analytical Study on Formative Step of Early Bronze Age Culture in Southern Slops of Alvand Chairs in Hamedan on the Basis of Archaeological Survey
        Abbas Motarjem Farzad Mafi
        In the early third millennium, the central Zagros region faced major cultural changes, which revealed the advent of a new culture. Archaeological studies show this culture that covered vast areas of the west and northwest of Iran originated from the Kura Araxes Caucuses More
        In the early third millennium, the central Zagros region faced major cultural changes, which revealed the advent of a new culture. Archaeological studies show this culture that covered vast areas of the west and northwest of Iran originated from the Kura Araxes Caucuses. This study tries, based on archaeological surveys, to display Bronze Age settlements in this region. Manuscript profile
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        3 - The Problem of Early Bronze Age Architecture in Transcaucasia
        Morteza Hessari Hassan Akbari
        The archaeology of the Transcaucasus has a very close relationship with the archaeology of the Near East in all periods, especially Northwest Iran and East Turkey, which play an important role in this bilateral relationship. One of the archaeological periods of Transcau More
        The archaeology of the Transcaucasus has a very close relationship with the archaeology of the Near East in all periods, especially Northwest Iran and East Turkey, which play an important role in this bilateral relationship. One of the archaeological periods of Transcaucasia is the Early Bronze Age culture, which has a relative chronology from the end of the 4th millennium BC to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC. In this article, we try to provide a summary about the round buildings that are characteristic of the Early Bronze Age architecture by comparing the architecture of the Shomu-Shulaveri culture and Transcaucasia Bronze Age. Manuscript profile
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        4 - Tepe Gavor Qaleh Si a Settlement of Kura-Aras Culture in Chaldoran, Northwest Iran
        Afrasiab Gravand Akbar Abedi Gader Ebrahimi Fatemeh Malekpour
        Towards the end of the fourth millennium BC, a culture was formed in the Caucasus, northwest Iran and eastern Anatolia, which extended to Central Zagros, central Iran, and northern Iran, and present-day Palestine. Or the culture of Kora-Aras is famous. In this period, n More
        Towards the end of the fourth millennium BC, a culture was formed in the Caucasus, northwest Iran and eastern Anatolia, which extended to Central Zagros, central Iran, and northern Iran, and present-day Palestine. Or the culture of Kora-Aras is famous. In this period, northwestern Iran is witnessing an increase in the size of the sites, a sudden change in pottery, and also an unprecedented increase in the number of settlements, which indicates the influence of a new cultural tradition. The tradition of painted chickpea pottery of the previous period (Chalcolithic) is almost obsolete and black-gray pottery is replaced by engraved pottery. Simultaneously with the influence of Kora-Aras culture to the northwest of Iran, the Chaldoran region is also affected by the influence of Kora-Aras culture. Tepe Gavar Qalehsi is a settlement in the middle mountain plain of Chaldoran, which has evidence of Kora-Aras culture. This place, which is located 23 km northwest of Chaldoran city, was identified and examined to visit the city's monuments. The results of archaeological research indicate that this place is a single settlement that was formed in the late fourth millennium and early third millennium BC and has traces and evidence (stone architecture and gray pottery) of this cultural period. The pottery of this area has the most similarities with the pottery of Yaniq Tappeh, Kohnshahr Chaldoran, Baruj Marand, Dozdaghi Khoy, and Kol Tappeh II of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In this study, the collected pottery in the archeological study of Gavar Qaleh Si is studied and archaeological analysis. Manuscript profile