Iran and Central Asia
The Grand’Route of Khorasan (Great Khorasan Road) during the third millennium BC and the “dark stone” artefacts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20072950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henri-Paul Francfort (0000-0003-4893-1288), Henri‐Paul Francfort (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 247-266 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Iranian Plateau during the Bronze Age (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | MOM Éditions (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/books.momeditions.8146 |
| OpenAlex | W3012849658 |
| ISBN | 9782356681775 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
The present paper aims at evidencing the functioning of a road connecting Central Asia, Iran and Mesopotamia during the Bronze Age, via Khorasan, between ca. 2300‐1700 BC. It is based on the chronological classification of ornamented chlorite artefacts from Susa by Pierre de Miroschedji in a seminal article. During the first half of the 3rd millennium BC, artefacts of “style ancien” are widespread, many of them carved in Kerman. However we have no evidence of the use of the Khorasan Road. But after ca. 2300, the “style récent” replaces the old carvings and these artefacts appear in Central Asia, the region of the Oxus Civilization. In this region, chlorite and similar dark stones are easily avaible, in Badakhshan or in Khorasan. A Great Khorasan Road seems to have been in use, connecting Central Asia, Iran and Mesopotamia
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Central asia · Chlorite · Civilization · Geography · Mesopotamia · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Geology · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |