the aim of this study was to determine and compare the concentration of copper (cu) in liver and muscle of two fish species squalius cephalus and capoeta capoeta gracilis. the fish were caught in four sampling sites along tajan river, mazandaran province, northern iran. the concentration of cu was determined using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. there were significant differences (p

For about two-hundred-fifty years between the mid-9th - early 6th centuries BC, Urartian Kingdom established its hegemony in Eastern Anatolia and neighboring regions of Northwestern Iran, Nakhchivan, Armenia, as most influential political, military, economic power time. Despite rugged geography rough climatic conditions this mountainous terrain, Urartu thrived by developing a centralized admini...

accurate knowledge of spatial distribution of soil physical and chemical properties is needed for suitable management and proper use of rangelands in masileh plain, qom, iran. in present study, for the spatial modeling of chemical and physical parameters such as sodium (na), calcium (ca), soluble potassium (k), magnesium (mg), electrical conductivity (ec), saturation percentage (sp%), silt, cla...

We present the preliminary results of our recent find, a circular pond, and its surrounding structures, built in stone masonry Sasanian tradition Dehbarm village, west Firuzabad Plain (Fars, Iran). elaborate on this site suggest it belongs to Early Ardashir-Xurra (Ardaš?r-Xwarrah), first capital complex urban plan plain. Based comparable finds, we interpret as garden settlement, so-called parad...

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the concentration of copper (Cu) in liver and muscle of two fish species Squalius cephalus and Capoeta capoeta gracilis. The fish were caught in four sampling sites along Tajan River, Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. The concentration of Cu was determined using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. There were significant differences (P

Abstract Ornamental adornment of the Kharraqan tomb towers, most outstanding funeral monuments Seljuk era in NW Iran, and those four best-preserved Seljuq brick minarets northern documents artistic canon pre-glaze stage Iranian Islamic architecture. Despite some later interruptions, these their plain-brick ornaments, as well ‘virtually interlaced’ stand at beginnings a rich development that led...

Excavations at Surezha, on the Erbil plain in Iraqi Kurdistan, yielded 89 sherds of Dalma style pottery from 5th millennium BC contexts. ceramics are widespread northwestern Iran but occur only rarely west Zagros northeastern Iraq. To understand significance we document their forms, production technology, and decorative style. We use Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis petrography to deter...

The Ramhormoz region in south and southwest Iran its large-scale geography extends to the northern highlands of present-day modern Khuzestan. Despite significance for connection with Susa-Persopolis Road during Achaemenid period, did not attract archaeological attention until 1948s. Even brevity, results 1969 Wright-Carter survey showed that is promising shedding light on relation between lowla...

Pesticides are used extensively in agricultural lands in Northern provinces of Iran which makes river ecosystems more vulnerable to pesticides pollution. This study was conducted in three river estuaries (Babolrud, Tajanrud and Gorganrud), focusing mainly on the concentration levels of organophosphate pesticides (diazinon, malathion, azinphos-methyl) in the muscle tissue of golden mullet fish, ...