Ali A Vahdati
Biographic Data
| ID | 4124741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ali A Vahdati |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ali A |
| FAMILY NAME | Vahdati |
| SIGNATURE | VAHDATI A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cultural Heritage Administration |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4620-1188 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Masuleh and its Cultural Landscape: The Role of Iron Mining and Iron Industries in Its Socioeconomic Development
The historic town of Masouleh in Gilan Province, northern Iran, represents a distinctive cultural landscape shaped by the interaction between human settlement and rich natural resources, especially iron ore. This study investigates the geological, archaeological, and historical evidence for iron mining and metallurgy in the Masouleh region and evaluates their role in the town’s socioeconomic development. New fieldwork and laboratory analyses have…
Khwajeh Narenj: A burial ground with standing stones in the Gorgan river basin, northern Khorasan, north-eastern Iran
Ancient cemeteries with standing stones have long been identified in several locations of the Chandir, Sumbar, and Atrak river valleys within the Turkmen territories of north-eastern Iran and southern Turkmenistan. However, the origin, chronologies, meaning and interpretation of the sepulchral standing stones remain a matter of controversy. Through the presentation of new data and material from the recently investigated cemetery of Khwajeh Narenj…
Excavations at the Bronze Age Site of Kalat-e Yavar (Bojnord Plain, NE Iran): First Results
Excavations at Kalat-e Yavar offer new insights into prehistoric connectivity between the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia. Stratified deposits yielded ceramics and burials from the third/second millennia BCE, alongside architectural remains, pits, faunal/botanical assemblages and a kiln, marking the Bojnord Plain as a cultural contact zone
Grave 12 at Chalow: The Burial of a Young Lady of the “Greater Khorasan Civilization
Compositional characteristics of late Islamic turquoise glazed stonepaste wares of Iran
Newly found rock painting sites in the upper Atrak Valley, Northern Khorasan, North- eastern Iran
A scientific study of late Islamic blue‐white stonepaste wares of Iran
Blue‐white stonepaste wares were an outgrowth of the bursting innovations of Near Eastern potters striving to imitate Chinese products during the Islamic period. Building on the results of previous research, this paper seeks to increase our knowledge of this type of ceramics by analyzing 16 Qajar period samples from Tepe Naderi in North Khorasan Province, Iran, with stereo microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. It appear…
Newly found rock painting sites in the Upper Atrak Valley, Northern Khorasan, North-eastern Iran
Preliminary report on the first season of excavations at Tepe Chalow: New GKC (BMAC) finds in the plain of Jajarm, NE Iran
First season of archaeological excavation at the pre- and proto-historic site of Tepe Chalow in northern Khorasan Province, NE Iran, was carried out by a joint Irano-Italian expedition in autumn of 2011. The joint team opened 9 trenches in the core zone plus 28 small testing pits in the periphery of the site to evaluate accumulation and extension of archaeological layers. Archaeological analysis of the material and data gathered through excavatio…
A BMAC Grave from Bojnord, North-Eastern Iran
The origin and expansion of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) or Oxus Civilization has long been discussed. This highly developed agricultural and urban society was engaged in active contacts with its southern neighbors on the Iranian Plateau at the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. This paper introduces a newly discovered BMAC grave from Tappe Esgh in the Plain of Bojnord in the southern foothills of Kop…
A Preliminary Report on a newly discovered Petroglyphic Complex near Jorbat, the Plain of Jajarm, Northeastern Iran
Petroglyphs are significant for the study of ancient cultures and economic activities as well as for their aesthetic qualities as an artistic expression. The newly discovered petroglyphic site of Jorbat to the north of the plain of Jajarm is one of the largest rock-art complexes of Iran. In terms of chronological depth, quantity, and quality of imagery, it is the richest complex in Northeastern Iran. Ranging from late Bronze Age to the ethnograph…
Tepe Pahlavan
An Inscribed Dagger at the National Museum of Iran
In the past seventy years inscribed bronze objects were reported in considerable numbers from unknown sites said to be in Luristan. A major group of these inscribed bronzes are weapons, predominantly daggers. This paper discusses an inscribed bronze dagger, alleged fro Luristan, which is now housed in the national Museum of Iran, Tehran. Taking a closer look at the dagger and its inscriptions, I propose that it can not typologically be attributed…
Marlik and Toul-e Talish
As a result of recent activities of Iranian expeditions in Talish, to the southwest of the Caspian Sea, several graveyards with remarkable Iron Age material has been excavated. Among these, perhaps the most interesting is a Toul cemetery that produced material similar to some tombs at Marlik. Based on these similarities and on the presence of a bronze bracelet with an Urartian inscription in Toul cemetery, the excavator of the site concluded that…
A Preliminary Report on a newly discovered Petroglyphic Complex near Jorbat, the Plain of Jajarm, Northeastern Iran
Petroglyphs are significant for the study of ancient cultures and economic activities as well as for their aesthetic qualities as an artistic expression. The newly discovered petroglyphic site of Jorbat to the north of the plain of Jajarm is one of the largest rock-art complexes of Iran. In terms of chronological depth, quantity, and quality of imagery, it is the richest complex in Northeastern Iran. Ranging from late Bronze Age to the ethnograph…
Preliminary report on the first season of excavations at Tepe Chalow: New GKC (BMAC) finds in the plain of Jajarm, NE Iran
First season of archaeological excavation at the pre- and proto-historic site of Tepe Chalow in northern Khorasan Province, NE Iran, was carried out by a joint Irano-Italian expedition in autumn of 2011. The joint team opened 9 trenches in the core zone plus 28 small testing pits in the periphery of the site to evaluate accumulation and extension of archaeological layers. Archaeological analysis of the material and data gathered through excavatio…
A BMAC Grave from Bojnord, North-Eastern Iran
The origin and expansion of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) or Oxus Civilization has long been discussed. This highly developed agricultural and urban society was engaged in active contacts with its southern neighbors on the Iranian Plateau at the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. This paper introduces a newly discovered BMAC grave from Tappe Esgh in the Plain of Bojnord in the southern foothills of Kop…
Newly found rock painting sites in the Upper Atrak Valley, Northern Khorasan, North-eastern Iran
An Inscribed Dagger at the National Museum of Iran
In the past seventy years inscribed bronze objects were reported in considerable numbers from unknown sites said to be in Luristan. A major group of these inscribed bronzes are weapons, predominantly daggers. This paper discusses an inscribed bronze dagger, alleged fro Luristan, which is now housed in the national Museum of Iran, Tehran. Taking a closer look at the dagger and its inscriptions, I propose that it can not typologically be attributed…
Marlik and Toul-e Talish
As a result of recent activities of Iranian expeditions in Talish, to the southwest of the Caspian Sea, several graveyards with remarkable Iron Age material has been excavated. Among these, perhaps the most interesting is a Toul cemetery that produced material similar to some tombs at Marlik. Based on these similarities and on the presence of a bronze bracelet with an Urartian inscription in Toul cemetery, the excavator of the site concluded that…
Tepe Pahlavan
A Preliminary Report on a newly discovered Petroglyphic Complex near Jorbat, the Plain of Jajarm, Northeastern Iran
Petroglyphs are significant for the study of ancient cultures and economic activities as well as for their aesthetic qualities as an artistic expression. The newly discovered petroglyphic site of Jorbat to the north of the plain of Jajarm is one of the largest rock-art complexes of Iran. In terms of chronological depth, quantity, and quality of imagery, it is the richest complex in Northeastern Iran. Ranging from late Bronze Age to the ethnograph…
A BMAC Grave from Bojnord, North-Eastern Iran
The origin and expansion of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) or Oxus Civilization has long been discussed. This highly developed agricultural and urban society was engaged in active contacts with its southern neighbors on the Iranian Plateau at the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. This paper introduces a newly discovered BMAC grave from Tappe Esgh in the Plain of Bojnord in the southern foothills of Kop…
Preliminary report on the first season of excavations at Tepe Chalow: New GKC (BMAC) finds in the plain of Jajarm, NE Iran
First season of archaeological excavation at the pre- and proto-historic site of Tepe Chalow in northern Khorasan Province, NE Iran, was carried out by a joint Irano-Italian expedition in autumn of 2011. The joint team opened 9 trenches in the core zone plus 28 small testing pits in the periphery of the site to evaluate accumulation and extension of archaeological layers. Archaeological analysis of the material and data gathered through excavatio…
Newly found rock painting sites in the Upper Atrak Valley, Northern Khorasan, North-eastern Iran
A scientific study of late Islamic blue‐white stonepaste wares of Iran
Blue‐white stonepaste wares were an outgrowth of the bursting innovations of Near Eastern potters striving to imitate Chinese products during the Islamic period. Building on the results of previous research, this paper seeks to increase our knowledge of this type of ceramics by analyzing 16 Qajar period samples from Tepe Naderi in North Khorasan Province, Iran, with stereo microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. It appear…
Compositional characteristics of late Islamic turquoise glazed stonepaste wares of Iran
Newly found rock painting sites in the upper Atrak Valley, Northern Khorasan, North- eastern Iran
Grave 12 at Chalow: The Burial of a Young Lady of the “Greater Khorasan Civilization
Masuleh and its Cultural Landscape: The Role of Iron Mining and Iron Industries in Its Socioeconomic Development
The historic town of Masouleh in Gilan Province, northern Iran, represents a distinctive cultural landscape shaped by the interaction between human settlement and rich natural resources, especially iron ore. This study investigates the geological, archaeological, and historical evidence for iron mining and metallurgy in the Masouleh region and evaluates their role in the town’s socioeconomic development. New fieldwork and laboratory analyses have…
Khwajeh Narenj: A burial ground with standing stones in the Gorgan river basin, northern Khorasan, north-eastern Iran
Ancient cemeteries with standing stones have long been identified in several locations of the Chandir, Sumbar, and Atrak river valleys within the Turkmen territories of north-eastern Iran and southern Turkmenistan. However, the origin, chronologies, meaning and interpretation of the sepulchral standing stones remain a matter of controversy. Through the presentation of new data and material from the recently investigated cemetery of Khwajeh Narenj…
Excavations at the Bronze Age Site of Kalat-e Yavar (Bojnord Plain, NE Iran): First Results
Excavations at Kalat-e Yavar offer new insights into prehistoric connectivity between the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia. Stratified deposits yielded ceramics and burials from the third/second millennia BCE, alongside architectural remains, pits, faunal/botanical assemblages and a kiln, marking the Bojnord Plain as a cultural contact zone
Ancient history (8 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Art (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · History (8 works) · Ancient Near East History (7 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (6 works) · History (5 works) · Bronze Age (4 works)