a glance at burial rites in pithos of arsacids era located in western region of central zagros (marivan)

pithos burial is a common burial method in arsacids era. various cemeteries of this era have been unearthed until now but there wasn’t any reference about historical and archaeological condition of marivan’s region and the existence of pithos because of the lack of enquiry and archaeological studies. fortunately, by with research effort, some pithos cemeteries with diverse burial from arsacids era were discovered and excavated. the study attempts to describe some invaluable information regarding migrant arsacids religious out look and their burial practices near zaribar lake.