In prehistoric studies of Iran, the Abharrood River Basin, located on the east of Zanjan province and in the northwestborder of the Central Plateau, is one of the little-known and dark regions. Studying this region according to itsenvironmental features and geographical location is important for understanding regional relations and interregionalinteractions between three cultural-geographical a...

Recent developments in geophysical data analysis suggest that in addition to a multi-method approach, “data fusion” techniques can offer meaningful insights into archaeological features, as well as allow for researchers to establish patterns between multivariate data sets that might otherwise go unnoticed. Extensive and intensive geophysical prospection has been employed at the site of Portus i...

Palynomorphs extracted from the mud coffins and plant remains preserved at the archaeological site of Xiaohe Cemetery (Cal. 3980 to 3540 years BP) in Lop Nur Desert of Xinjiang, China were investigated for the reconstruction of the ancient environments at the site. The results demonstrate that the Xiaohe People lived at a well-developed oasis, which was surrounded by extensive desert. The veget...

Situated in the Talvar valley of the Bijar County, Tepe Gheshlagh is an archaeological site with a sequence spanning the Chalcolithic through to the Bronze Age. Two seasons of salvage excavations have covered the site as it will be submerged as part of the intended lake of the Talvar Dam. Results from the excavations show evidence of long-lasting Chalcolithic (Dalma) settlements at the site. Da...

the higher mountainous region of the central zagros is regarded as one of the important regions for the early human settlements. although archaeological studies have been initiated from the early 20s but there has been little precise information on the absolute chronology and also transitional processes of cultural sequences especially on the eastern parts of the region including eastern lurist...

We present results of the paleoparasitological analysis of Cervidae coprolites that were recovered from the archaeological site Furna do Estrago, Pernambuco, Brazil. Trichuris sp. eggs were recovered from the coprolite samples dated 1,040 ± 50 years before present. This is the first record of Trichuris sp. in semiarid Cervidae, unexpectedly recorded in archaeological material.

in prehistoric studies of iran, the abharrood river basin, located on the east of zanjan province and in the northwestborder of the central plateau, is one of the little-known and dark regions. studying this region according to itsenvironmental features and geographical location is important for understanding regional relations and interregionalinteractions between three cultural-geographical a...

In the spring of 2012 an archaeological survey was conducted within the Rayen region in order to explore all the archaeological periods in this region and document all archaeological settlement patterns of this region. In general, 52 archaeological sites were discovered and documented which included all prehistoric and historic sites. Among these sites, three of them seem to belong to the Paleo...