The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199733309.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran

Edited by Daniel T. Potts

Abstract

This multiauthor collection of fifty-one essays presents an up-to-date survey of pre-Islamic Iran, from the earliest evidence of Paleolithic occupation in the Pleistocene to the Islamic conquest. It includes chapters on the archaeology of virtually every part of the country, down to the Achaemenid period, as well as a wealth of studies dealing with specific aspects of the Achaemenid, Arsacid, and Sasanian empires. A particular strength of the collection is the attention given to often-neglected topics, including the languages of the pre-Iranian period; the Iranian migration; color and gilding on Achaemenid monuments; Achaemenid iconography; Persid, Arsacid, Elymaean, and Sasanian coinage; and Sasanian political ideology and calendrics. The broad authorship of this volume includes Iranian, European, North American, Australian, and Japanese scholars. It represents a new benchmark in Iranian studies at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Keywords: Iran, Persia, Elam, Anshan, Avesta, Zoroastrianism, Achaemenids, Arsacids, Elymais, Sasanians

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Jun 2013

ISBN:: 9780199733309

Published online:: Oct 2013

DOI:: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199733309.001.0001

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Daniel T. Potts, editor
Daniel T. Potts, Edwin Cuthbert Hall Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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Front Matter
Background and Beginnings
- The History of Archaeological Research in Iran A Brief SurveyAli Mousavi
- Key Questions Regarding the Paleoenvironment of IranMatthew D. Jones
- The Paleolithic of IranNicholas J. Conard, Elham Ghasidian and Saman Heydari-Guran
- The Development and Expansion of a Neolithic Way of LifeLloyd R. Weeks
The Chalcolithic Period
- The Chalcolithic of Northern IranBarbara Helwing
- The Chalcolithic in the Central ZagrosAbbas Moghaddam and Ardashir Javanmardzadeh
- The Later Village (Chalcolithic) Period in KhuzestanAbbas Moghaddam
- The Chalcolithic in Southern IranCameron A. Petrie
The Bronze Age
- The Early Bronze Age in Northwestern IranGeoffrey D. Summers
- The Bronze Age in Northeastern IranChristopher P. Thornton
- Luristan and the Central Zagros in the Bronze AgeD. T. Potts
- Khuzestan in the Bronze AgeJavier ÁLvarez-Mon
- Early Writing in IranJacob L. Dahl
- The Use of Akkadian in IranKatrien De Graef
- Bronze Age FarsBernadette Mccall
- Eastern Iran in the Early Bronze AgeHolly Pittman
The Iron Age
- The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age in Northwestern IranMichael D. Danti
- Luristan During the Iron AgeBruno Overlaet
- The Central Alborz Region in the Iron AgeAli Mousavi
- Linguistic Groups in IranRan Zadok
- Iranian MigrationMichael Witzel
- Assyria and the MedesKaren Radner
- Elam in the Iron AgeJavier ÁLvarez-Mon
- Elam, Assyria, and Babylonia in the Early First Millennium BCMatthew Waters
- Iron Age Southeastern IranPeter Magee
The Achaemenid Period
- Southwestern Iran in the Achaemenid PeriodRémy Boucharlat
- Administrative Realities The Persepolis Archives and the Archaeology of the Achaemenid HeartlandWouter F. M. Henkelman
- Avesta and Zoroastrianism Under the Achaemenids and Early SasaniansProds Oktor SkjæRvø
- Royal Achaemenid IconographyMark B. Garrison
- Color and Gilding in Achaemenid Architecture and SculptureAlexander Nagel
- Eastern Iran in the Achaemenid PeriodBruno Genito
- Old PersianJan Tavernier
- Greek Sources on Achaemenid IranMaria Brosius
Seleucid, Post-Achaemenid, and Arsacid Archaeology and History
- Alexander the Great and the Seleucids in IranPaul J. Kosmin
- Media, Khuzestan, and Fars Between the End of the Achaemenids and the Rise of the SasaniansPierfrancesco Callieri and Alireza Askari Chaverdi
- Fratarakā and SeleucidsJosef Wiesehfer
- The Arsacids (Parthians)Stefan R. Hauser
- Parthian and Elymaean Rock ReliefsTrudy S. Kawami
- Arsacid, Elymaean, and Persid CoinageKhodadad Rezakhani
- Aramaic, Parthian, and Middle PersianSeiro Haruta
- The Use of Greek in Pre-Sasanian IranGeorges Rougemont
The Sasanian Period
- Sasanian Political IdeologyM. Rahim Shayegan
- Sasanian CoinageNikolaus Schindel
- Sasanian Interactions with Rome and ByzantiumPeter Edwell
- Sasanian Rock ReliefsMatthew P. Canepa
- Kuh-E Khwaja and the Religious Architecture of Sasanian IranSoroor Ghanimati
- Sasanian Administration and Sealing PracticesNegin Miri
- Luxury Silver Vessels of the Sasanian PeriodKate Masia-Radford
- Sasanian TextilesCarol Bier
- Pre-Islamic Iranian Calendrical Systems in the Context of Iranian Religious and Scientific HistoryAntonio C. D. Panaino
- The Islamic Conquest of Sasanian IranMichael G. Morony
End Matter
- Index

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