• List of Articles West Iran

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        1 - An investigation into the Urban Square's Layout in Turkman Era to Develop the Sustainable Pattern in Northwest Iran
        Fereshteh Pashaei Kamali Sevgi Yilmaz
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        2 - Temporal-Spatial Analysis of Rainfall Days Frequency Trend of Western Iran Regions
        شهاب شفیعی غلامعلی مظفری
        Precipitation including climatic elements in the dimension of time and space changes a lot. In the study of extreme precipitation because of the devastating effect it is of great importance. The aim of this study is to identify and analyze theslope of the western region More
        Precipitation including climatic elements in the dimension of time and space changes a lot. In the study of extreme precipitation because of the devastating effect it is of great importance. The aim of this study is to identify and analyze theslope of the western regions of extreme precipitation, which is to achieve this goalprecipitation data of 69 synoptic stations and climate (province of Kerman, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Ilam, Lorestan and Kurdistan), in during the statistical period (2010-1961) were used and the annual threshold of extreme precipitation West generalized method of distributing a limit to the western regions of the country to 22 mm respectively. The extreme precipitation for each month during the period under study western regions using Mann-Kendall method identified and analyzed. and in December this increase was observed in the western half of Kermanshah province and in February this positive trend observed in the northwestern province of Kurdistan conceptual framework, these areas are consistent with the Zagros mountains. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Designing and explaining the effective model of education quality in units of Islamic Azad University of Northwest Iran (By combination method)
        kheyrollah Sarboland
        The purpose of this study was to design and explain the effective model of education quality in units of Islamic Azad University. The research population in the first stage (qualitative approach) was 24 educational experts who were selected using purposive sampling meth More
        The purpose of this study was to design and explain the effective model of education quality in units of Islamic Azad University. The research population in the first stage (qualitative approach) was 24 educational experts who were selected using purposive sampling method. In the second stage (quantitative approach), the teachers and experts of Islamic Azad University of Northwest Iran were selected by random sampling according to Grigs and Morgan table 196 people were selected by random sampling method. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by content validity Cronbach's alpha reliability was 0.89. The research data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling by third-order confirmatory factor analysis with SPSS and PLS statistical software. The qualitative findings of the study indicated that the conceptual model fitted well and in the quantitative stage also the factors related to the master have the most effective factor of 0.90. And after that, environmental factors with a factor of 0.84 and student factors with a factor of 0.79 were ranked next. Manuscript profile
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        4 - A Study of Dalma Pottery Based on the Examination of Azerbaijan and Kermanshah Potteries
        Mohsen Heydari
        Having a glance at the archaeological data in North West of Iran during prehistoric era, we can see that most studies in the area focused on the edge of Urmia Lake. Unfortunately, most of the studies which have been done in the North West are related to the Bronze Age a More
        Having a glance at the archaeological data in North West of Iran during prehistoric era, we can see that most studies in the area focused on the edge of Urmia Lake. Unfortunately, most of the studies which have been done in the North West are related to the Bronze Age and later periods, and fewer studies have been done on the Chalcolithic period. Moreover, most of the information published about this area, is related to the same time periods. There is little information about Dalma Period and related publications do not exceed the fingers of one hand. For this reason, most researchers, due to the complexity and lack of knowledge about this period, refer to it as Wonder Period. In particular, Dalma period and the area of its development are surprising and noteworthy for them. One of the shortcomings is Dalma pottery. In this article, we review the Dalma pottery in the regions of East and West Azarbaijan and Kermanshah to provide a rather clear picture of Dalma pottery tradition. Generally, Dalma pottery is classified as four categories which probabely have specific functions depending on their coverage and form. Manuscript profile
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        5 - An Overview of the Chalcolithic Period in North West Iran and some Suggestions for the Basin Extends Dalma Tradition
        Mohsen Heydari
        One of the periods and culture in northwest of Iran which is of little attention is the period of Chalcolithic and Dalma pottery tradition. Unfortunately our information about this period is so slight and it is limited to some brief essays and reports. This pottery trad More
        One of the periods and culture in northwest of Iran which is of little attention is the period of Chalcolithic and Dalma pottery tradition. Unfortunately our information about this period is so slight and it is limited to some brief essays and reports. This pottery tradition have relatively vast extension basin from northwest to central Zagros, and it includes painted, manipulated decoration (Incised, Impressed, Punched and Adjunct), plain pottery with red slip. It seems that painted potteries are the continuation of previous period, Hjifiruz, and potteries with manipulated decoration don’t have any record in the area and probably entered this area from another area. Unluckily, although various models and views about the extension of Dalma tradition has been presented, there is no information about how it has been extended. Has the extension of this pottery been occurred by the migrations or nomad? Has the transmission of Lightness The idea been influential in the meantime or other factors? This obscurity still remains in force because of the lack of accurate territorial and extraterritorial investigations. Manuscript profile
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        6 - 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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        7 - Investigation and Description of Discovered Glazed Bricks from Three Season Excavations at Rabat Tepe II
        Alireza Hejebri Nobari Reyhaneh Afifi
        Rabat Tepe II is located in west Azerbaijan province and eastern side of Lower Zab river. Until now, three seasons of archeological excavation performed in this arae. The location of Rabat Tepe in south-east of Mannean domain was influenced by two powerful empires namel More
        Rabat Tepe II is located in west Azerbaijan province and eastern side of Lower Zab river. Until now, three seasons of archeological excavation performed in this arae. The location of Rabat Tepe in south-east of Mannean domain was influenced by two powerful empires namely Assyrian and Urartian. The effect of these two empires to each other in one side and getting familiar with the vague points of these sovereignties in North west of Iran in an other side increase the archeological aspect of studies and research in Rabat TepeII. The result of these three seasons research is achieving to a lot of potteries, bricks and architectural documents that some of them were discovered for the first time in Northwest of Iran. Rabat tepe earthen wares found in Sardasht are almost similar to those achieved primarily from Galaichi in Bokan. These findings have important role in studying arthistic and technological contexts and help us to restudy the religious, political and social aspects of this area inhabitants. One point which increases the importance of these bricks is the existence of epigraphical clinker bricks. By translation and interpreting of these bricks the name of Mannaean gods, country and province was appeared. Undoubtedly, comprehensive recognition of discovered bricks in this site which spend its first years of excavations can be a proper basic for scientific classification of these precious findings.  Manuscript profile
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        8 - 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
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        9 - Exploration and Comparison of Urartian Metal Findings of Northwest Iran, with Similar Exotic Case Studies
        Seyed Ali Asghar Mirfatah Reza Saburi Nojehdehi
        Research and exploration on discovered Urartian metal findings from Iran’s ancient sites, now kept in Iran’s Archaeology museum, constitutes the main subject of the current article, in which with regard to structural techniques such as casting, moulding, bra More
        Research and exploration on discovered Urartian metal findings from Iran’s ancient sites, now kept in Iran’s Archaeology museum, constitutes the main subject of the current article, in which with regard to structural techniques such as casting, moulding, brazing and…, metal working has been studied as one of the most distinguishing artistic and industrial elements of the first millenniums BC civilization. As a result of the research and comparison of applied techniques on mentioned findings, it turns out that Urartian metalworking in Anatolia territory-backed by thousand years experiments of craftsmen of this land-had reached its peak and was carried out with great dexterity, especially in the context of casting of delicate objects such as arrow heads and safety pins with a chain. After arriving in Northwest Iran this art was influenced by technical and artistic experiments of northwest metal working, although, regarding structure and from, metal productions of Northwest Iran were exactly similar to Anatoli samples some artistic and industrial elements of Northwest Iran metalworking had appeared in them. Further, Northwest Iran metalworkers following Urartian industrial techniques and forms had applied their local techniques and experiments in producing metal products. Meanwhile, some Urartian metalwork were imported products. Manuscript profile
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        10 - The report of Garra rufa on Zab River of west Azarbaijan and its importance in human health
        میریوسف یحیی زاده مسعود صیدگر صابر شیری ژاله علیزاده اوصالو
        The family Cyprinidae is the largest family of freshwater fishes of Iranian rivers originated from Meddle East Rivers. Garra rufa is one of nearly 100 species of Garra genus and is one of the smallest members of Cyprinidae. This study was carried out to determine the oc More
        The family Cyprinidae is the largest family of freshwater fishes of Iranian rivers originated from Meddle East Rivers. Garra rufa is one of nearly 100 species of Garra genus and is one of the smallest members of Cyprinidae. This study was carried out to determine the occurrence and identification of G. rufa in Zab river, West Azarbaijan of Iran during different seasons of the year 2010, capturing and sampling from different parts of Zab river using electro shocker and performing biometry. From 50 studied samples, the maximum, minimum and mean (±SD) total length were 162, 37 and 114.9±11.9 mm and the maximum, minimum and mean (±SD) weight were 58.1, 0.6 and 25.74±27.8g, respectively. The fish has health care value and it is important to maintain its stock reserves. Manuscript profile
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        11 - Description of Verb in Firuzabadi Dialect
        rooh angiz karachi
        The Firuzabadi dialect is spoken by inhabitants of Firuzabad , a town located in Fars province. In this paper, the verb, structure, tense, conjugation, subjunctive, and imperative, etc. have been described and other subjects of this dialect need more investigations. Thi More
        The Firuzabadi dialect is spoken by inhabitants of Firuzabad , a town located in Fars province. In this paper, the verb, structure, tense, conjugation, subjunctive, and imperative, etc. have been described and other subjects of this dialect need more investigations. This study has showed there are some differences in the verb (words, sound change, ending and affixation) between Firuzabadi and Persian dialects. Manuscript profile