based on writing of tabari as well as other historical researches, mihr narseh, prime minister of bahram v (421-439 ad) founded a number of buildings in the province of ardashir khorrah. among public utility buildings, he built four fire temples in four villages in baryn plains of the same province. the current paper tries to find the exact locations of those temples based on references availab...

Abstract. The Ullafelsen at 1869 m above sea level (a.s.l.) in the Tyrolean Stubai Alps next to Innsbruck is an important (geo)archeological reference site for Mesolithic period. Buried fireplaces on plateau were dated 10.9 9.5 ka cal BP and demonstrate together with thousands of flint stone artifacts presence hunter-gatherers during Early Holocene. Grazing livestock has been a predominant anth...

Archeological artifacts can be analyzed after neutron irradiation at the pulsed ISIS and muon source, UK, using a newly installed high purity germanium gamma ray spectrometer to perform activation analysis. In this work, details of measurement methods data analysis are presented. particular, it is explained how Monte Carlo calculations necessary evaluate detection efficiency, taking into accoun...

Since the early nineteenth century, individuals interested in antiquities of Jordan investigated, documented, and interpreted archaeological finds they encountered or excavated this country. Their approaches developed over time, not only due to advancement scientific methods tools, but also because during last two centuries major changes affected religious political motivations western archaeol...

The beginnings of food production—animal husbandry and crop cultivation—and a sedentary way life represent one the most drastic changes in human history. Likewise, this is accompanied by an increasing impact on nature, which mainly caused agricultural practices. Agriculture related to clearing forests, tillage, maintenance cultivated land, finally harvesting, alters not only vegetation cover bu...