Journal of Iran's Pre Islamic Archaeological Essays

Journal of Iran's Pre Islamic Archaeological Essays

A comparative study of the architectural pattern of New Elamite tombs

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute of the whole country
10.22034/iaej.2023.14138.1070
Abstract
The land of Elam, located in the southwest of Iran, is the center of one of the oldest civilizations of ancient Iran. The Elamites were able to gain power by integrating the resources of the low and high lands and lasted more than any powerful dynasty in the Near East for about 2500 years. The long history of Elam is divided into three periods: old, middle and new Elam. Methodical surveys and archeological excavations have been carried out in a small way to better understand the state of dispersion of the sites and to recognize the geographical range in the New Elam era compared to the Old and Middle Elam eras.
With the discovery of Tel Gasar in Ramhormoz and Tomb 693 in Susa, as well as two significant burials during construction operations in the two areas of jubaji/ Ramhormoz and Arjan/Behbahan, more knowledge was gained about the architectural style of the tombs of the Neo-Elam period.in the is research, an attempt has been made to examine the architectural style of the royal tombs of the the Neo-Elam period.
The research method is descriptive-analytical and the materials were collected by library method. This research shows that regarding the architectural style of New Elamite tombs, we are faced with two architectural models: The tomb of the first type is the indicator of Susa and the origin of this type of tombs can be seen with a little difference in terms of structure in the tombs of the old dynasties of Mesopotamia and Elam. The tombs of the second type are stone and more reminiscent of the Iron Age tombs of Lorestan and the highlands of Elam.
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