Sepideh Maziar
Biographic Data
| ID | 375591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sepideh Maziar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sepideh |
| FAMILY NAME | Maziar |
| SIGNATURE | MAZIAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2253-7680 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Diaspora or diversity? technological and social insights from Kura-Araxes pottery assemblages in Iran
The spread of Kura-Araxes material culture from the southern Caucasus into regions such as northwestern Iran and the southern Levant during the Early Bronze Age (ca. 3500–2500 BCE) has long been interpreted as evidence of migration. This interpretation, however, often assumes a homogenous group identity and shared technological traditions across various and environmentally diverse landscapes. Pottery, as one of the most diagnostic elements of Kur…
Predictive Modeling for Targeted Archaeological Survey of Arsacid Period Sites in the Iranian Borderland Region of the Araxes River Valley
We have applied predictive modeling to archaeological sites, datable to the Arsacid period (ca. 3rd c. BCE–3rd c. CE), in the southern side of the Araxes River valley, in modern day Iran. Araxes River valley is a contested borderland between Iran, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Systematic fieldwork has been historically limited by geopolitical tensions. The only systematic survey in the region and two salvage surveys have yielded a large number of site…
Unveiling social identification, shared social identity, and collective memory as collective resilience factors
Migrants face stress, losing identity, and adapting to new environments. • Psychological and archaeological views shed light on migrant’s behavioral aspects. • Shared identity and memory were resilience factors for migrants since prehistory. • Kura-Araxes used material culture to express social memory and cope with displacement. During and after migration, communities can experience adaptive processes leading to collective resilience. Such proces…
Mortuary Practices, Rituality, and Commemorative Places
International audience
Evaluation of the Kura-Araxes migration
Many scholars concerned with the Kura-Araxes cultural tradition take many aspects of this complex phenomenon for granted. In most publications, the expansion of this tradition across a vast area is treated like the movement of people from point A to B, or in the best case, as the waves of movement between these points. In most of them, migration is considered a direct reaction of people to population growth, lack of pasture lands, environmental s…
Geographical proximity and material culture; the interplay between Syunik and the southern part of the Araxes river basin in the 6th to the 3rd millennium BC
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…
Exploring Beyond the River and Inside the Valleys
Geographical landmarks, especially rivers, have always played an important role in forming or hampering interplay between societies. In some cases, they act as a “communication route” and in some others as “obstacles”. In north-western Iran, it is possible that the Araxes River played such a decisive role by sculpting its surroundings. While our studies are not yet sufficiently adequate to understand the exact role of this river in different time…
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…
Communication networks and economical interactions
Settlement dynamics of the Kura-Araxes culture
The question of continuity or discontinuity between the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age is still unresolved and the formative phase of the Kura-Araxes culture remains elusive. This paper suggests that combined study of the settlement dynamics and the material culture of these two periods will provide a more complete perspective that includes the underlying effects of environmental factors, and socio-economic forms of organization. Such investig…
Settlement dynamics of the Kura-Araxes culture
The question of continuity or discontinuity between the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age is still unresolved and the formative phase of the Kura-Araxes culture remains elusive. This paper suggests that combined study of the settlement dynamics and the material culture of these two periods will provide a more complete perspective that includes the underlying effects of environmental factors, and socio-economic forms of organization. Such investig…
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…
Communication networks and economical interactions
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…
Settlement dynamics of the Kura-Araxes culture
The question of continuity or discontinuity between the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age is still unresolved and the formative phase of the Kura-Araxes culture remains elusive. This paper suggests that combined study of the settlement dynamics and the material culture of these two periods will provide a more complete perspective that includes the underlying effects of environmental factors, and socio-economic forms of organization. Such investig…
Communication networks and economical interactions
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…
Exploring Beyond the River and Inside the Valleys
Geographical landmarks, especially rivers, have always played an important role in forming or hampering interplay between societies. In some cases, they act as a “communication route” and in some others as “obstacles”. In north-western Iran, it is possible that the Araxes River played such a decisive role by sculpting its surroundings. While our studies are not yet sufficiently adequate to understand the exact role of this river in different time…
Geographical proximity and material culture; the interplay between Syunik and the southern part of the Araxes river basin in the 6th to the 3rd millennium BC
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…
Evaluation of the Kura-Araxes migration
Many scholars concerned with the Kura-Araxes cultural tradition take many aspects of this complex phenomenon for granted. In most publications, the expansion of this tradition across a vast area is treated like the movement of people from point A to B, or in the best case, as the waves of movement between these points. In most of them, migration is considered a direct reaction of people to population growth, lack of pasture lands, environmental s…
Mortuary Practices, Rituality, and Commemorative Places
International audience
Predictive Modeling for Targeted Archaeological Survey of Arsacid Period Sites in the Iranian Borderland Region of the Araxes River Valley
We have applied predictive modeling to archaeological sites, datable to the Arsacid period (ca. 3rd c. BCE–3rd c. CE), in the southern side of the Araxes River valley, in modern day Iran. Araxes River valley is a contested borderland between Iran, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Systematic fieldwork has been historically limited by geopolitical tensions. The only systematic survey in the region and two salvage surveys have yielded a large number of site…
Unveiling social identification, shared social identity, and collective memory as collective resilience factors
Migrants face stress, losing identity, and adapting to new environments. • Psychological and archaeological views shed light on migrant’s behavioral aspects. • Shared identity and memory were resilience factors for migrants since prehistory. • Kura-Araxes used material culture to express social memory and cope with displacement. During and after migration, communities can experience adaptive processes leading to collective resilience. Such proces…
Diaspora or diversity? technological and social insights from Kura-Araxes pottery assemblages in Iran
The spread of Kura-Araxes material culture from the southern Caucasus into regions such as northwestern Iran and the southern Levant during the Early Bronze Age (ca. 3500–2500 BCE) has long been interpreted as evidence of migration. This interpretation, however, often assumes a homogenous group identity and shared technological traditions across various and environmentally diverse landscapes. Pottery, as one of the most diagnostic elements of Kur…
Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Ancient Near East History (7 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Geology (4 works)