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Auteur(s) : Rante, Rocco (1977-....)
Collinet, Annabelle
Titre(s) : Nishapur revisited [Texte imprimé] : stratigraphy and ceramics of the Qohandez / Rocco Rante & Annabelle Collinet ; with contributions by Rajabali Labbaf Khaniki,... [et al.]
Publication : Oxford (GB) : Oxbow Books ; Oakville (Conn.) : The David Brown Book Company, cop.
2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-212 p.) : illustrations ; 30 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; Historical and Geographical Background. Geographical setting ; American
and Iranian excavation synthesis ; Historical setting. ; The Excavation and the Absolute
Chronology. Introduction to the Irano-French Excavation ; Dating Problems ; Thermoluminescence
Analysis (TL) ; The Archaeomagnetism Analysis as TL support for dating ; The Stratigraphical
sequence ; Interpreting the Occupation Chronology and the Urban development. ; Pottery
study and analyses. Recording methodology ; Questioning the material: the ceramic
analysis program ; Interpretating the analyses : the ceramic groups and their production.
; Chronology of the Qohandez pottery. Introduction to the Tests ; Chronological sequence
of the Qohandez pottery ; Comparative study with the main Khorasanian sites. ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212)
"Nishapur in eastern Iran was an important Silk Road city, its position providing
links to central Asia and China, Afghanistan and India, the Persian Gulf and the west.
Despite previous excavations there are many unresolved questions surrounding the site;
when was the city founded? Is Nishapur a Sasanian city? Was it founded by the Sasanian
king Shapur I or II? The question of chronology of occupation and the ceramic sequence
is also problematic particularly for late antiquity and the medieval period, as well
as a complete topography of the site. The Irano-French archaeological mission at Nishapur
(2004 to 2007) (CNRS-MAEE-Musée du Louvre) focused on the Qohandez, or citadel, the
oldest part of Nishapur. Excavations were conducted in different areas of the mound,
in order to address these questions. After an introduction to the site and the former
American and Iranian excavations, this book presents the stratigraphy and the pottery
of the site. The difficulties involved in establishing a precise history of the site,
as well as the complexities of studying the pottery led to a program of analysis undertaken
by the Research Centre of French Museums (C2RMF). Chemical and petrographic analysis,
thermoluminescence (TL) dating and archaeomagnetism analysis as support to the TL
results were done. A pottery database has been created regrouping the stratigraphical
and laboratory analyses data, in order to manage and present an organised corpus of
1000 samples. The combination of the data from the stratigraphical and laboratory
analyses gives an accurate and completely new chronology of the site. Moreover, the
study also brought to light a new typological sequence of the ceramic, as well as
new data about the pottery production at Nishapur."--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Stratigraphie -- Nichapur (Iran)
Céramique médiévale -- Nichapur (Iran)
Fouilles archéologiques -- Nichapur (Iran)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781842174944. - ISBN 1842174940
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435351136
Notice n° :
FRBNF43535113
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