Karim Alizadeh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3622905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karim Alizadeh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karim |
| FAMILY NAME | Alizadeh |
| SIGNATURE | ALIZADEH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5911-1878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Stable isotope and proteomic insights into Bronze age human dietary life history at Köhne Shahar, Northwest Iran
Tooth serial samples reveal dietary isotopic biographies at Köhne Shahar. • Isotopes are consistent with an agro-pastoral diet, with no C4 millet. • Differences between males and females point to enculturation practices. • Average age at weaning is earlier for boys than for girls. • Females are more variable in diet than males. Interest in subsistence strategies practiced by the Kura-Araxes communities in Southern Caucasus and the highlands of th…
Highland pastoralism in the Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes cultural tradition
The Islamic Conquest or Flooding? Sasanian Settlements and Irrigation Systems Collapse in Mughan, Iranian Azerbaijan
Contrary to the earlier notions that attributed the transformation of the Near East in the mid-7th century a.d. to war and the Islamic Arab conquest, recently the role of the climate is also being underscored. Archaeological investigation of the Sasanian landscape in the Mughan Steppe, Iranian Azerbaijan, contributes to a growing body of data documenting the urban collapse affected by environmental factors during Late Antiquity. Using results fro…
Animal husbandry and food provisioning at the Kura-Araxes settlement of Köhne Shahar in Northwestern Iran
Craft production at Köhne Shahar, a Kura-Araxes settlement in Iranian Azerbaijan
The End of the Kura-Araxes Culture as Seen from Nadir Tepesi in Iranian Azerbaijan
By the late fourth to early third millennium B.C.E., Kura-Araxes (Early Transcaucasian) material culture spread from the southern Caucasus throughout much of southwest Asia. The Kura-Araxes settlements declined and ultimately disappeared in almost all the regions in southwest Asia around the middle of the third millennium B.C.E. The transition to the “post–Kura-Araxes” time in the southern Caucasus is one of the most tantalizing subjects in the a…
Approaches to social complexity in Kura-Araxes culture
Due to increasing investigations and studies of the Kura-Araxes cultural communities, our information about this enigmatic archaeological culture has increased in many respects. Its interactions and regional variations in terms of cultural materials have been analyzed by many scholars. However, our knowledge about its societal variations is still very limited. We do not yet know much about social dynamics behind its material culture that spread o…
Borderland Projects of Sasanian Empire
The landscapes of the Sasanian Empire have been studied in detail and have been remarkably well interpreted during past few decades. Recent research in borderland areas has also increased our knowledge of Sasanian policies in borderlands. The Sasanian Empire is well known for massive construction work. Projects such as construction of fortifications and defensive walls, irrigation systems, fortified towns and cities in the Sasanian period usually…
Ultan Qalasi
Our knowledge of Sasanian imperial strategy continues to grow as a result of a range of projects investigating the frontiers of the Sasanian Empire. Understanding of the north-western fringe of the Empire in particular is being increased by the Mughan Steppe Archaeological Project. Surveys have shown that the fortified settlement of Ultan Qalasi is the largest of a series of fortified sites that lie adjacent to irrigation canals that stretch acro…
Formation and destruction of pastoral and irrigation landscapes on the Mughan Steppe, north-western Iran
CORONA satellite photography taken in the 1960s continues to reveal buried ancient landscapes and sequences of landscapes - some of them no longer visible. In this new survey of the Mughan Steppe in north-western Iran, the authors map a 'signature landscape' belonging to Sasanian irrigators, and discover that the traces of the nomadic peoples that succeeded them also show up on CORONA - in the form of scoops for animal shelters. The remains of th…
The Neolithic Settlement of Highland SW Iran
Since November 2002, the Mamasani Archaeological Project, a collaborative research initiative between the Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and the University of Sydney, has been conducting fieldwork in highland SW Iran (see Fig. 1). This article takes the opportunity to present a discussion of one facet of our fieldwork, specifically, the evidence for the earliest Neolithic communities in highland Fars
Eight Thousand Years of History in Fars Province, Iran
Ultan Qalasi
Our knowledge of Sasanian imperial strategy continues to grow as a result of a range of projects investigating the frontiers of the Sasanian Empire. Understanding of the north-western fringe of the Empire in particular is being increased by the Mughan Steppe Archaeological Project. Surveys have shown that the fortified settlement of Ultan Qalasi is the largest of a series of fortified sites that lie adjacent to irrigation canals that stretch acro…
Formation and destruction of pastoral and irrigation landscapes on the Mughan Steppe, north-western Iran
CORONA satellite photography taken in the 1960s continues to reveal buried ancient landscapes and sequences of landscapes - some of them no longer visible. In this new survey of the Mughan Steppe in north-western Iran, the authors map a 'signature landscape' belonging to Sasanian irrigators, and discover that the traces of the nomadic peoples that succeeded them also show up on CORONA - in the form of scoops for animal shelters. The remains of th…
Animal husbandry and food provisioning at the Kura-Araxes settlement of Köhne Shahar in Northwestern Iran
Approaches to social complexity in Kura-Araxes culture
Due to increasing investigations and studies of the Kura-Araxes cultural communities, our information about this enigmatic archaeological culture has increased in many respects. Its interactions and regional variations in terms of cultural materials have been analyzed by many scholars. However, our knowledge about its societal variations is still very limited. We do not yet know much about social dynamics behind its material culture that spread o…
The Neolithic Settlement of Highland SW Iran
Since November 2002, the Mamasani Archaeological Project, a collaborative research initiative between the Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and the University of Sydney, has been conducting fieldwork in highland SW Iran (see Fig. 1). This article takes the opportunity to present a discussion of one facet of our fieldwork, specifically, the evidence for the earliest Neolithic communities in highland Fars
Borderland Projects of Sasanian Empire
The landscapes of the Sasanian Empire have been studied in detail and have been remarkably well interpreted during past few decades. Recent research in borderland areas has also increased our knowledge of Sasanian policies in borderlands. The Sasanian Empire is well known for massive construction work. Projects such as construction of fortifications and defensive walls, irrigation systems, fortified towns and cities in the Sasanian period usually…
The End of the Kura-Araxes Culture as Seen from Nadir Tepesi in Iranian Azerbaijan
By the late fourth to early third millennium B.C.E., Kura-Araxes (Early Transcaucasian) material culture spread from the southern Caucasus throughout much of southwest Asia. The Kura-Araxes settlements declined and ultimately disappeared in almost all the regions in southwest Asia around the middle of the third millennium B.C.E. The transition to the “post–Kura-Araxes” time in the southern Caucasus is one of the most tantalizing subjects in the a…
Eight Thousand Years of History in Fars Province, Iran
Highland pastoralism in the Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes cultural tradition
The Islamic Conquest or Flooding? Sasanian Settlements and Irrigation Systems Collapse in Mughan, Iranian Azerbaijan
Contrary to the earlier notions that attributed the transformation of the Near East in the mid-7th century a.d. to war and the Islamic Arab conquest, recently the role of the climate is also being underscored. Archaeological investigation of the Sasanian landscape in the Mughan Steppe, Iranian Azerbaijan, contributes to a growing body of data documenting the urban collapse affected by environmental factors during Late Antiquity. Using results fro…
Eight Thousand Years of History in Fars Province, Iran
The Neolithic Settlement of Highland SW Iran
Since November 2002, the Mamasani Archaeological Project, a collaborative research initiative between the Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and the University of Sydney, has been conducting fieldwork in highland SW Iran (see Fig. 1). This article takes the opportunity to present a discussion of one facet of our fieldwork, specifically, the evidence for the earliest Neolithic communities in highland Fars
Formation and destruction of pastoral and irrigation landscapes on the Mughan Steppe, north-western Iran
CORONA satellite photography taken in the 1960s continues to reveal buried ancient landscapes and sequences of landscapes - some of them no longer visible. In this new survey of the Mughan Steppe in north-western Iran, the authors map a 'signature landscape' belonging to Sasanian irrigators, and discover that the traces of the nomadic peoples that succeeded them also show up on CORONA - in the form of scoops for animal shelters. The remains of th…
Ultan Qalasi
Our knowledge of Sasanian imperial strategy continues to grow as a result of a range of projects investigating the frontiers of the Sasanian Empire. Understanding of the north-western fringe of the Empire in particular is being increased by the Mughan Steppe Archaeological Project. Surveys have shown that the fortified settlement of Ultan Qalasi is the largest of a series of fortified sites that lie adjacent to irrigation canals that stretch acro…
Borderland Projects of Sasanian Empire
The landscapes of the Sasanian Empire have been studied in detail and have been remarkably well interpreted during past few decades. Recent research in borderland areas has also increased our knowledge of Sasanian policies in borderlands. The Sasanian Empire is well known for massive construction work. Projects such as construction of fortifications and defensive walls, irrigation systems, fortified towns and cities in the Sasanian period usually…
Approaches to social complexity in Kura-Araxes culture
Due to increasing investigations and studies of the Kura-Araxes cultural communities, our information about this enigmatic archaeological culture has increased in many respects. Its interactions and regional variations in terms of cultural materials have been analyzed by many scholars. However, our knowledge about its societal variations is still very limited. We do not yet know much about social dynamics behind its material culture that spread o…
Craft production at Köhne Shahar, a Kura-Araxes settlement in Iranian Azerbaijan
The End of the Kura-Araxes Culture as Seen from Nadir Tepesi in Iranian Azerbaijan
By the late fourth to early third millennium B.C.E., Kura-Araxes (Early Transcaucasian) material culture spread from the southern Caucasus throughout much of southwest Asia. The Kura-Araxes settlements declined and ultimately disappeared in almost all the regions in southwest Asia around the middle of the third millennium B.C.E. The transition to the “post–Kura-Araxes” time in the southern Caucasus is one of the most tantalizing subjects in the a…
Animal husbandry and food provisioning at the Kura-Araxes settlement of Köhne Shahar in Northwestern Iran
The Islamic Conquest or Flooding? Sasanian Settlements and Irrigation Systems Collapse in Mughan, Iranian Azerbaijan
Contrary to the earlier notions that attributed the transformation of the Near East in the mid-7th century a.d. to war and the Islamic Arab conquest, recently the role of the climate is also being underscored. Archaeological investigation of the Sasanian landscape in the Mughan Steppe, Iranian Azerbaijan, contributes to a growing body of data documenting the urban collapse affected by environmental factors during Late Antiquity. Using results fro…
Highland pastoralism in the Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes cultural tradition
Stable isotope and proteomic insights into Bronze age human dietary life history at Köhne Shahar, Northwest Iran
Tooth serial samples reveal dietary isotopic biographies at Köhne Shahar. • Isotopes are consistent with an agro-pastoral diet, with no C4 millet. • Differences between males and females point to enculturation practices. • Average age at weaning is earlier for boys than for girls. • Females are more variable in diet than males. Interest in subsistence strategies practiced by the Kura-Araxes communities in Southern Caucasus and the highlands of th…
Geography (12 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · History (6 works) · Ancient Near East History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Livestock (4 works)