the geographic location of the elamite terrain which lies in parts of today's khuzestan caused a middle-man-role for this region situated in between water-ways leading to the head of the persian gulf and iranian plateau and mesopotamia. in addition to the fact that this territory, possessing several rivers, was very fertile, the reality that of one of the most important iranian trade-route...

the old elamite documents are indeed rare, but from susa in the sukkalmah period there are some 550 legal documents in akkadian which provide an excellent opportunity to study elamite society and culture. the present paper edits and translates a unique and very interesting will made by gimil-adad, a man from susa in the 17th century bc. in order to provide the historical context for the proper ...

it  is  the  tribal  structure  of  society  and  power  with  which  one  can  explain  many  developments  in  ancient  iran  in  particular  in  the  achaemenian  period.  the  ancient  authors  confirm  that  seven  families with various  names  played  an  important  role  in  political,  economic and  military  structures  of  persia  from  this time  up  to  the end of  sasanian  period....

Prehistoric archaeological sites in the center of the Iranian Plateau suddenly disappeared around the end of the 4th millennium BCE. At Tepe Sialk, near Kashan, the last cultural period, namely Sialk IV - probably established around 3400 BCE after the last settlements of Sialk III6-7b - was abandoned approximately after 500 years. The material culture of this period, known as Proto-Elamite peri...

the present article investigates the administrative structure of the pottery mound from an administrative management point of view. data obtained from excavation of the pottery mound has generated an extensive archeological databank relating to the beginning of the historical era with a focus on the emergence of management and administrative systems in the central iranian plateau. in the proto-...

moreover, inscribed bricks of two elamite kings, šutruk-nahhunte and his son, kutir-nahhunte, were also found that all of them referring to construction and repairs of a temple devoted to the manzat goddess. in 2000, surface surveys on deh nou mound was done by by one of us (b. mofidi). according to the results of these surveys and geophysical measurements which were accomplished in parts of th...