The Marivan Plain during the Parthian Period; Based on field and archaeological studies

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1 Ph.D. Candidate of Archeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate of Archeology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Ph.D. Candidate of Archeology, University of Bu Alisina, Hamedan, Iran.

Abstract

The Marivan region has a relatively more complete archaeological sequence than other regions of Kurdistan province, due to environmental and climatic conditions. During this important sequence, the historical period in the Marivan plain has unique ambiguities especially during the Parthian period. This article is based on latest studies in Marivan plain and in order to respond the appropriately to these ambiguities based on recent field studies and survey in this area. The beginning of the historical period can be identified and studied with the evidence of the late Iron Age in Marivan plain., But the cultural characteristics of the Achaemenid and somewhat Sassanid eras are remain ambigious and unrecognizable. In the meantime, the only period that is clearly in harmony with the cultural characteristics of its era in the neighboring regions is evidence of the Parthian period in the region. Based on previous studies and the results of researchers' studies on the hypothesis that excessive density of Parthian cemeteries in basin of Zrebar Lake is associate with nomadic communities, further study is necessary in this region. Of course, the results of this article will disprove the previous hypothesis and offer a different definition of it. Often, the artifacts of the Parthian period in Marivan plain can be defined in the form of single-period settlements with poor cultural deposits, cemeteries in direct relation to the settlement area and cemeteries unrelated to the settlement area and mainly by the method of jar burial and in some cases coffins as well as protective or defensive areas. 

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