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New Discovery Petroglyphs of Takht-e-Siah, Kerman Province, Southeast of Iran

Received: 6 August 2015     Accepted: 7 August 2015     Published: 23 February 2016
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Abstract

The newfound petroglyphs of Takht-e-Siah are located in 70 km the north of Shahr-e-babak in Kerman province the southeast of Iran. The Takht-e-Siah’s petroglyphs include 40 motifs on the 18 single boulders. These petroglyphs have been made by rubbing, hammering and by less frequently engraving techniques. These motifs contain ibexes, dogs and anthropomorphous motifs. In addition, due to difficulties of dating of petroglyphs in the Iran, microerosion analysis should be applied for dating the engravings of Takht-e-Siah.

Published in International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 4, Issue 2-1)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Rock Art, Handmade Architecture, Historical Archaeology

DOI 10.11648/j.ija.s.2016040201.12
Page(s) 7-11
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Keywords

Iran, Kerman, Takhte-e-Siah, Petroglyphs

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    Maryam Mohamadi, Esmail Hemati Azandaryani, Nahid Nikfarjam, Mousa Sabzi Doabi. New Discovery Petroglyphs of Takht-e-Siah, Kerman Province, Southeast of Iran. Int J Archaeol. 2016;4(2-1):7-11. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.s.2016040201.12

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  • Department of archaeology, Bu-Ali University, Hamedan, Iran

  • Department of archaeology, Bu-Ali University, Hamedan, Iran

  • Department of archaeology, Bu-Ali University, Hamedan, Iran

  • Department of Archeology, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran

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