Journal articles: 'Central Iranian Plateau'

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Abedi, Akbar, Nasir Eskandari, Hamid Khatib Shahidi, Ismail Sharahi, and Gholam Shirzadeh. "New Evidence from Dalma and Kura-Araxes Culture at Tapeh Qal‘e-ye-Sarsakhti." IRAN and the CAUCASUS 18, no. 2 (2014): 101–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573384x-20140202.

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Tapeh Qal‘eh-ye-Sarsakhti is located between the Central Iranian Plateau and the Zagros Mountains, specifically in the entrance threshold to the Central Iranian Plateau from the eastern part of Central Zagros. It is a rich site including several periods: late Neolithic, Middle and Late Chalcolithic, Early and Middle Bronze Age, Parthian and eventually the Seljuk era. According to surveys conducted in the Central Zagros and in the Central Iranian Plateau, Tapeh Qal‘eh-ye-Sarsakhti appears to be one of the southeastern-most extensions of the Kura-Araxes and the eastern sphere of Dalma Culture influence in the Central Iranian Plateau and East Central Zagros. Here, we trace the nature of the arrival of these cultures to the East Central Zagros and Central Iranian Plateau, as well as the role this area played in transferring of these cultures from east to west, north to south and vice versa.

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Habib Borjian. "Judeo-Kashani: A Central Iranian Plateau Dialect." Journal of the American Oriental Society 132, no. 1 (2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.7817/jameroriesoci.132.1.0001.

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Summers, Geoffrey D. "The Median Empire reconsidered: a view from Kerkenes Dağ." Anatolian Studies 50 (December 2000): 55–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3643014.

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SummaryThe city on the Kerkenes Dağ in central Anatolia is the largest pre-Hellenistic urban centre on the plateau (figs 1–2). It has plausibly been identified with a city of the Medes, called Pteria by Herodotus (1.76). If the identification is accepted, the city represents an expansion and imposition of Iranian power over the northern part of the central plateau. Kerkenes might thus provide evidence concerning the first sustained cultural, political and military contact between an Iranian imperial regime and Anatolian powers. Unique circumstances and developing technologies are providing an opportunity to map the city in great detail. The data base will enable analyses of the urban dynamics of an ancient city that, by combining Iranian, Anatolian and east Greek elements in centralised urban planning, were perhaps catalytic in the formation and development of the Achaemenid Empire.

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Teknik, Vahid, Abdolreza Ghods, Hans Thybo, and Irina M. Artemieva. "Crustal density structure of the northwestern Iranian Plateau." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 56, no. 12 (2019): 1347–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0232.

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We present a new 2D crustal-scale model of the northwestern Iranian plateau based on gravity–magnetic modeling along the 500 km long China–Iran Geological and Geophysical Survey in the Iranian plateau (CIGSIP) seismic profile across major tectonic provinces of Iran from the Arabian plate into the South Caspian Basin (SCB). The seismic P-wave receiver function (RF) model along the profile is used to constrain major crustal boundaries in the density model. Our 2D crustal model shows significant variation in the sedimentary thickness, Moho depth, and the depth and extent of intra-crustal interfaces. The Main Recent Fault (MRF) between the Arabian crust and the overriding central Iran crust dips at approximately 13° towards the northeast to a depth of about 40 km. The geometry of the MRF suggests about 150 km of underthrusting of the Arabian plate beneath central Iran. Our results indicate the presence of a high-density lower crustal layer beneath Zagros. We identify a new crustal-scale suture beneath the Tarom valley between the South Caspian Basin crust and Central Iran and the Alborz. This suture is associated with sharp variation in Moho depth, topography, and magnetic anomalies, and is underlain by a 20 km thick high-density crustal root at 35–55 km depth. The high-density lower crust in Alborz and Zagros may be related to partial eclogitization of crustal roots below about 40 km depth. The gravity and magnetic models indicate a highly extended continental crust for the SCB crust along the profile. Low observed magnetic susceptibility of the Kermanshah ophiolites likely indicates that the ophiolite rocks only form a thin layer that has been thrust over the sedimentary cover.

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Sadraei, A., O. Garazhian, and H. Sabori. "First Evidence of Pleistocene Archaeology on the Neyshabur Plain and its Role in Reconstructing the Dispersal of Hominins on the Northeastern Iranian Plateau." Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 49, no. 3 (2021): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.3.003-012.

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The northeastern Iranian Plateau is considered a leading region in Paleolithic studies. The history of Paleolithic research in this region dates back to the mid-20th century. However, unlike the western and, to some extent, the central part of the Iranian Plateau, only a handful of sites have been identifi ed in the northeastern part. Field studies conducted on the Neyshabur plain have provided some of the only Paleolithic evidence at four locations in the foothills of the Binalud Mountains: Dar Behesht, Mushan Tappeh, Ali Abad, and Qezel Tappeh. Our research aims to assess this evidence, provide a revised typology of Pleistocene artifacts from the Neyshabur plain, and also study the role of these and other fi nds in the area and analyze their signifi cance in terms of the dispersal of Pleistocene hominin populations. We propose two main corridors on the northeastern Iranian Plateau assumed to have been infl uential in the dispersal of human ancestors.

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Masson, V. M. "The Proto-Bactrian group of civilizations in the Ancient East." Antiquity 62, no. 236 (1988): 536–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00074676.

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The obvious English-language literature on the early civilizations of the Ancient East gives less attention than it might to the northern aspects, towards central Asia. Here, one of the leading researchers in Soviet Central Asia reviews an important new French book on the Iranian plateau and its inter-relations.

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Compareti, Matteo. "Iranian Composite Creatures between the Caucasus and Western China: The Case of the So-Called Simurgh." Iran and the Caucasus 24, no. 2 (2020): 115–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573384x-20200202.

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In the light of recent investigations by archaeologists and historians of art, several textile decorative patterns that have been uncritically attributed to Sasanian Persia in the past should be considered most likely Central Asian creations. Typical Iranian composite creatures, such as the so-called simurgh, had become very popular in Eurasia since the 7th century A.D. However, for some reason not completely clear, the so-called simurgh was not adopted by Central Asian Buddhists who, on the contrary, accepted other Iranian (possibly Sogdian) motifs, such as the wild boar head, the winged horse and birds holding a necklace in their beak within pearl roundel frames. The presence of such Iranian decorative motifs in monumental arts or objects of luxury arts (textiles, metalwork, glass, etc.) could be a valid instrument to propose better chronologies for excavated artifacts on a very wide area, which includes Persia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Tibetan Plateau as well.

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Yousefi. Z, R., B. Sodaei, H. Ahmadpour, M. Zeighami, S. Baghizadeh, and F. Ahmadnejad. "Spatial Analysis to Distinguish occupation Floors at Tepe Meymanatabad, Central Iranian Plateau." Annals of Archaeology 1, no. 2 (2018): 13–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.22259/2639-3662.0102002.

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Shahamat, Ali-Asghar, Eskandar Rastegarpouyani, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani, and Michael Wink. "Molecular phylogeny and intraspecific differentiation of the Trapelus agilis species complex in Iran (Squamata: Agamidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences." PeerJ 8 (February 17, 2020): e8295. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8295.

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Background Trapelus agilis consists of different morphotypes with restricted distributions in the Iranian Plateau. The phylogeny of the species complex has not been resolved so far, but recently Trapelus sanguinolentus were elevated from this complex into a full species. Other populations of the species complex need to be evaluated taxonomically. Methods In the present study, several populations of this species complex along with specimens of its closely related taxa in Iran, T. sanguinolentus, T. ruderatus and T. persicus, were examined using partial nucleotide sequences of two mitochondrial genes (cytb and ND2) (total length 1,322 bp). Result Populations of T. sanguinolentus clustered within the T. agilis species complex, thus indicating its paraphyly, but T. sanguinolentus was previously determined to be a species based on morphological features. The T. agilis species complex forms two distinct major clades, each of which is represented by several local populations on the Iranian Plateau. At least five distinct taxa can be identified within this traditional group. Our biogeographic evaluation of the molecular dataset suggested that the Trapelus complex originated in the Late Oligocene (30 mya) and subsequently diversified during the early to middle Miocene (22–13 mya). At first, the predominantly western clade of Trapelus ruderatus diverged from the other clades (22 mya). Afterward, Trapelus persicus diverged around 18 mya ago. The broader T. agilis complex started to diverge about 16 mya, forming several clades on the Iranian Plateau and in Central Asia. The different lineages within this species complex appear to be the result of vicariance events and dispersal waives. The corresponding vicariance events are the formation of the Zagros and Kopet Dagh basins (16–14 mya), and consequently, the aridification of the Iranian Plateau in the late Miocene (11–6 Mya).

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Alibaigi, Sajjad, and Shokouh Khosravi. "Some Socio-Economic Evidence from Iron Age Societies of the Iranian Central Plateau." Iran 52, no. 1 (2014): 53–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/05786967.2014.11834737.

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Schmidt, Armin, Mark Quigley, Morteza Fattahi, Ghasem Azizi, Mehran Maghsoudi, and Hassan Fazeli. "Holocene settlement shifts and palaeoenvironments on the Central Iranian Plateau: Investigating linked systems." Holocene 21, no. 4 (2011): 583–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683610385961.

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Kohl, Philip L. "Recent Research in Central Asia." American Antiquity 50, no. 4 (1985): 789–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/280167.

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This article summarizes recent prehistoric research in western Central Asia (Western Turkestan) or the area of internal drainage towards the Caspian and Aral Seas, stretching from the Pamir massif and Fergana valley in the east to the Caspian in the west, and from the Aral in the north to the Hindu Kush watershed in Afghanistan and the eastern extension of the Alborz chain and the Iranian plateau in the south (Figure 1). This vast area contains distinct ecological zones ranging from high intermontane valleys to piedmont and alluvial plains, yet despite this diversity and its inevitable consequences for cultural development, certain shared features unite the area into a logical unit of analysis. Western Turkestan is a land of interior drainage with access to no seas other than the landlocked Caspian and Aral basins.

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Castelluccia, Manuel. "La Caucasia e i nomadi delle steppe euroasiatiche. L’epoca delle popolazioni iraniche, dagli sciti ai sarmati." ASIAC – Studies on Central Asia and the Caucasus (SCC) 1 (December 13, 2023): 37–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/asiac-2423.

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Caucasia is an exceptional region, distinguished by two majestic mountain ranges nestled between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Its distinctiveness lies in its role as a meeting point between diverse cultural horizons, such as the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes, the sedentary civilizations of the Near and Middle East, and the Mediterranean world connected through its expansive Black Sea coastline. Throughout the 1st millennium BC, a unique relationship developed between sedentary and pastoral cultures. The ancient communities of Caucasia found themselves in close proximity to nomadic populations from the steppes and plateaus of Siberia and Central Asia, as well as settlers and merchants from Greece. Additionally, the Achaemenid Empire from the Iranian Plateau brought with it new influences and expansionist aims. This convergence of diverse groups led to remarkable interactions in the realms of economics, culture, and the arts. The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive overview of the exchanges between nomadic communities and sedentary societies, with a specific focus on the Iranian populations during the period spanning from the 8th century BC to the 4th-5th century AD. This era marks the definitive replacement of the Iranian and Indo-European groups in the steppes by the Hunnic and later Turkic populations.

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Bouzari, Soheila, Andrzej Konon, Marek Koprianiuk, and Ali A. Julapour. "Thin-skinned tectonics in the Central Basin of the Iranian Plateau in the Semnan area, Central Iran." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 62 (January 2013): 269–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.09.034.

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Borjian, Habib. "Median Succumbs to Persian after Three Millennia of Coexistence: Language Shift in the Central Iranian Plateau." Journal of Persianate Studies 2, no. 1 (2009): 62–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187471609x454671.

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AbstractThe so-called Central Plateau Dialects or simply Central Dialects belong to the South Median group of Northwest Iranian languages and are spoken in central Iran, where the prevailing language is Persian. Currently, vestiges of these dialects are limited to several dozen remote villages as well as to the older generation of the Jewish and Zoroastrian communities living in the cities and in diaspora. The dominant influence of Persian for more than a millennium has resulted in the ousting of the vernaculars not only in major towns but also in a majority of villages. Historical evidence suggests that Central Dialects were native to the entire central Iranian Plateau, larger towns included, until the late medieval period. The big shift may have taken place during and after the Safavid dynastic rule, perhaps as a result of forceful propagation of Shi'ism, among other economic and socio-political vicissitudes of those days. Concrete evidence becomes available only in the later nineteenth century when European travelers and local geographers began to report on the language situation of the area. These documents enable us to speculate on the patterns and rates of language shift in various regions speaking Central Dialects. This trend has been accelerating parallel with the enormous socio-economic changes in the last half century. In many villages the local dialect is moribund and becoming increasingly limited to the elders, and the extinction will be the inevitable result of the forces of modernization and globalization in general and the rapid expansion of Persian education and mass media in particular. This paper attempts to show the dynamics of language shift among Central Dialects. The possible causes of the shift within village communities is discussed, while the urban Jewish and Zoroastrian speakers receive individual attention. Part of the data comes from the author's own fieldwork.

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ORLOVA, VALENTINA F., ESKANDAR RASEGAR-POUYANI, KHOSROW RAJABIZADEH, et al. "Taxonomic diversity of racerunners with descriptions of two new Eremias species (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Central Iran." Zootaxa 5369, no. 3 (2023): 336–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.3.2.

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We provide a diversity assessment of Iranian species of the genus Eremias based on the cytochrome oxidase I mtDNA gene fragment. We analyzed 93 genetic samples from the entire distribution of the Eremias fasciata species complex in Iran and surrounding regions, along with morphological data to support the description of two new species from Central Iran. We hypothesize that the diversification of the Eremias fasciata species complex was largely influenced by the fragmentation of sand massifs in the region. This same hypothesis has been used to explain the high level of endemism among the sand-dwelling species of reptiles along the Iranian Plateau in the same area. The two new species described herein can be distinguished from other congeneric species by their phylogenetic position and a combination of morphological characters. We use these data to discuss the taxonomy of Eremias based on morphology, habitat choice, and genetic data.

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Mousavi, Naeim, and Javier Fullea. "3-D thermochemical structure of lithospheric mantle beneath the Iranian plateau and surrounding areas from geophysical–petrological modelling." Geophysical Journal International 222, no. 2 (2020): 1295–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa262.

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SUMMARY While the crustal structure across the Iranian plateau is fairly well constrained from controlled source and passive seismic data, the lithospheric mantle structure remains relatively poorly known, in particular in terms of lithology. Geodynamics rely on a robust image of the present-day thermochemical structure interpretations of the area. In this study, the 3-D crustal and upper mantle structure of the Iranian plateau is investigated, for the first time, through integrated geophysical–petrological modelling combining elevation, gravity and gravity gradient fields, seismic and petrological data. Our modelling approach allows us to simultaneously match complementary data sets with key mantle physical parameters (density and seismic velocities) being determined within a self-consistent thermodynamic framework. We first elaborate a new 3-D isostatically balanced crustal model constrained by available controlled source and passive seismic data, as well as complementary by gravity data. Next, we follow a progressively complex modelling strategy, starting from a laterally quasi chemically homogeneous model and then including structural, petrological and seismic tomography constraints. Distinct mantle compositions are tested in each of the tectonothermal terranes in our study region based on available local xenolith suites and global petrological data sets. Our preferred model matches the input geophysical observables (gravity field and elevation), includes local xenolith data, and qualitatively matches velocity anomalies from state of the art seismic tomography models. Beneath the Caspian and Oman seas (offshore areas) our model is defined by an average Phanerozoic fertile composition. The Arabian Plate and the Turan platform are characterized by a Proterozoic composition based on xenolith samples from eastern Arabia. In agreement with previous studies, our results also suggest a moderately refractory Proterozoic type composition in Zagros-Makran belt, extending to Alborz, Turan and Kopeh-Dagh terranes. In contrast, the mantle in our preferred model in Central Iran is defined by a fertile composition derived from a xenolith suite in northeast Iran. Our results indicate that the deepest Moho boundary is located beneath the high Zagros Mountains (∼65 km). The thinnest crust is found in the Oman Sea, Central Iran (Lut Block) and Talesh Mountains. A relatively deep Moho boundary is modelled in the Kopeh-Dagh Mountains, where Moho depth reaches to ∼55 km. The lithosphere is ∼280 km thick beneath the Persian Gulf (Arabian–Eurasian Plate boundary) and the Caspian Sea, thinning towards the Turan platform and the high Zagros. Beneath the Oman Sea, the base of the lithosphere is at ∼150 km depth, rising to ∼120 km beneath Central Iran, with the thinnest lithosphere (&lt;100 km) being located beneath the northwest part of the Iranian plateau. We propose that the present-day lithosphere–asthenosphere topography is the result of the superposition of different geodynamic processes: (i) Arabia–Eurasia convergence lasting from mid Jurassic to recent and closure of Neo-Tethys ocean, (ii) reunification of Gondwanian fragments to form the Central Iran block and Iranian microcontinent, (iii) impingement of a small-scale convection and slab break-off beneath Central Iran commencing in the mid Eocene and (iv) refertilization of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Iranian microcontinent.

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Alibaigi, Sajjad, Shokouh Khosravi, and Abolfazl Aali. "Early villages and prehistoric sites in the Abharroud Basin, northwest of the Iranian Central Plateau." Documenta Praehistorica 39 (December 1, 2012): 459. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.39.34.

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Berberian, Manuel, Sādegh Malek Shahmirzādi, Jebra'il Nokandeh, and Morteza Djamali. "Archeoseismicity and environmental crises at the Sialk Mounds, Central Iranian Plateau, since the Early Neolithic." Journal of Archaeological Science 39, no. 9 (2012): 2845–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.001.

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Karimi, Ebrahim. "Landscape affordances, GIS, and the hunting landscape of rock art in the Central Iranian Plateau." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 65 (September 2025): 105246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105246.

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WALKER, RICHARD T., LUCY A. RAMSEY, and JAMES JACKSON. "Geomorphic evidence for ancestral drainage patterns in the Zagros Simple Folded Zone and growth of the Iranian plateau." Geological Magazine 148, no. 5-6 (2011): 901–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756811000185.

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AbstractWe describe the geomorphology of a large (~10000 km2) internally draining region within the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt of Fars province, Iran. A series of wind gaps through fold crests and a continuous line of low-slope pixels in digital elevation models indicate the presence of an older, and now abandoned, through-going river system. We suggest, from the presence of the wind gaps, that the original through-going river system was abandoned as a direct result of fold growth. At present, through-going drainage in Fars is restricted to only two major rivers, the Kul and the Mand, which bound the margins of the internally drained region. The low gradients of the Kul and the Mand rivers are similar to those in topographic profiles drawn along the course of the abandoned drainage. The Mand and Kul rivers may be defeated in the future, causing an expansion of the internally drained region, and resulting in a profound change in the distribution of sediment and surface elevations within the Zagros. The internally draining part of the Zagros resembles the Central Iranian Plateau both in its geomorphology and in the apparently slow rates of deformation within it. We speculate that the development of internally drained basins and distribution of shortening within the range may be causally linked. The geomorphology that we describe might, therefore, record a stage in the southward expansion of the non-deforming and topographically high Central Iranian Plateau.

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Morteza, Naderi Iman Momeni Hossein Akbari Feizabadi. "Pleske's Ground Jay Habitat Suitability Modeling: Implications for Conservation." Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity 9, no. 1 (2025): 252–61. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14634649.

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Abbas-Abad Wildlife Refuge is one of the richest protected areas of the Iranian central plateau, hosting different valuable, threatened, and native species, such as the Iranian Pleske's Ground Jay. Habitat features of this native species at the landscape level were investigated using the Maximum Entropy method. Our analysis showed that more than 50 percent of the predicted suitable habitats are located outside the legally protected areas, which require special consideration. We found that the predicted potential habitats for the species in the IUCN database (for Isfahan province) are three times more than our findings in this study. Our analysis indicated that air relative humidity, topography, proximity to seasonal springs, and sand dunes are the main landscape-level habitat variables that affect species distribution. Including unprotected habitats in the reserved areas network can help sustain viable populations of the Ground Jay.

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Naderi, Saeid, Hamid-Reza Rezaei, François Pompanon, et al. "The goat domestication process inferred from large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of wild and domestic individuals." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, no. 46 (2008): 17659–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0804782105.

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The emergence of farming during the Neolithic transition, including the domestication of livestock, was a critical point in the evolution of human kind. The goat (Capra hircus) was one of the first domesticated ungulates. In this study, we compared the genetic diversity of domestic goats to that of the modern representatives of their wild ancestor, the bezoar, by analyzing 473 samples collected over the whole distribution range of the latter species. This partly confirms and significantly clarifies the goat domestication scenario already proposed by archaeological evidence. All of the mitochondrial DNA haplogroups found in current domestic goats have also been found in the bezoar. The geographic distribution of these haplogroups in the wild ancestor allowed the localization of the main domestication centers. We found no haplotype that could have been domesticated in the eastern half of the Iranian Plateau, nor further to the east. A signature of population expansion in bezoars of the C haplogroup suggests an early domestication center on the Central Iranian Plateau (Yazd and Kerman Provinces) and in the Southern Zagros (Fars Province), possibly corresponding to the management of wild flocks. However, the contribution of this center to the current domestic goat population is rather low (1.4%). We also found a second domestication center covering a large area in Eastern Anatolia, and possibly in Northern and Central Zagros. This last domestication center is the likely origin of almost all domestic goats today. This finding is consistent with archaeological data identifying Eastern Anatolia as an important domestication center.

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Kirsten, Fabian, Anne Dallmeyer, Reinhard Bernbeck, et al. "Were climatic forcings the main driver for mid-holocene changes in settlement dynamics on the Varamin Plain (Central Iranian Plateau)?" PLOS ONE 18, no. 10 (2023): e0290181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290181.

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Settlement crises in ancient cultures of Western Asia are commonly thought to be caused by climatic events such as severe droughts. However, the insufficient climate proxy situation in this region challenges the inference of clear relationships between climate and settlement dynamics. We investigate the Holocene climatic changes on the Varamin Plain in the context of the climatic history of Western Central Asia by using a transient comprehensive Earth System Model simulation (8 ka BP to pre-industrial), a high-resolution regional snapshot simulation and a synthesis of pollen-based climate reconstructions. In line with the reconstructions, the models reveal only slightly varying mean climatic conditions on the Varamin Plain but indicate substantial changes in seasonality during the Holocene. Increased precipitation during spring, combined with lower temperature and potentially stronger snow accumulation on the upstream Alborz mountains may have led to an increased water supply on the alluvial fan during the vegetation period and thus to more favourable conditions for agricultural production during the Mid-Holocene compared to modern times. According to the model, dry periods on the Central Iranian Plateau are related to particularly weak Westerly winds, fostering the subsidence in the mid-troposphere and hampering precipitation over the region. The model reveals that dry periods have spatially heterogenous manifestations, thus explaining why they do not appear in all proxy records in the wider study region. In fact, the climatic signal may depend on local environmental conditions. The interaction of the topography with the atmospheric circulation leads to additional spatial heterogeneity. Although our results provide several indications for a connection between climate and settlement dynamics, the small overall changes in moisture call into question whether climate is the main driver for settlement discontinuities on the Central Iranian Plateau. To shed further light on this issue, more high-resolution long-term proxy records are needed.

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Emami, M. "Archaeometallurgy of Iron in South Central Iranian Plateau According to the Mineralogical Investigation on Iron Crucibles." Microscopy and Microanalysis 17, S2 (2011): 1824–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927611009998.

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Rafifar, Jalal. "Some indications of shamanism in Arasbaran rock carvings." Documenta Praehistorica 34 (December 31, 2007): 203–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.34.15.

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Four seasons (1998–2002) of ethnological and archaeological researches in the northern part of the Iranian Azerbaijan have revealed hundreds of carved and scratched drawings and figures on rocks and in subterranean rock-shelters. An anthropological study reveals remarkable information about the situation and the limits of the cultural domains, the cultural relations and the process of cultural diffusion in the prehistory at the intersection of Anatolia, Caucasus, Zagros and the central plateau of Iran. The human and animals figures and signs are contextualized and ichnographically interpreted. The animal symbolism is discussed in the contexts of ancient Iran and Caucasus art and tradition.

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Jin, Q., J. Wei, Z. L. Yang, B. Pu, and J. Huang. "Consistent response of Indian summer monsoon to Middle East dust in observations and simulations." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15, no. 17 (2015): 9897–915. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9897-2015.

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Abstract. The response of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) circulation and precipitation to Middle East dust aerosols on sub-seasonal timescales is studied using observations and the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with online chemistry (WRF-Chem). Satellite data show that the ISM rainfall in coastal southwest India, central and northern India, and Pakistan is closely associated with the Middle East dust aerosols. The physical mechanism behind this dust–ISM rainfall connection is examined through ensemble simulations with and without dust emissions. Each ensemble includes 16 members with various physical and chemical schemes to consider the model uncertainties in parameterizing short-wave radiation, the planetary boundary layer, and aerosol chemical mixing rules. Experiments show that dust aerosols increase rainfall by about 0.44 mm day−1 (~10 % of the climatology) in coastal southwest India, central and northern India, and north Pakistan, a pattern consistent with the observed relationship. The ensemble mean rainfall response over India shows a much stronger spatial correlation with the observed rainfall response than any other ensemble members. The largest modeling uncertainties are from the boundary layer schemes, followed by short-wave radiation schemes. In WRF-Chem, the dust aerosol optical depth (AOD) over the Middle East shows the strongest correlation with the ISM rainfall response when dust AOD leads rainfall response by about 11 days. Further analyses show that increased ISM rainfall is related to enhanced southwesterly monsoon flow and moisture transport from the Arabian Sea to the Indian subcontinent, which are associated with the development of an anomalous low-pressure system over the Arabian Sea, the southern Arabian Peninsula, and the Iranian Plateau due to dust-induced heating in the troposphere. The dust-induced heating in the mid-upper troposphere is mainly located in the Iranian Plateau rather than the Tibetan Plateau. This study demonstrates a thermodynamic mechanism that links remote desert dust emissions in the Middle East to ISM circulation and precipitation variability on sub-seasonal timescales, which may have implications for ISM rainfall forecasts.

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KRUPITSKY, ANATOLY V., IGOR G. PLJUSHTCH, and YURIY YE SKRYLNIK. "Systematic position of two Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) taxa from the Iranian Plateau." Zootaxa 4232, no. 4 (2017): 575. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.7.

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In the present paper we refine the systematic position of an unclear lycaenine taxon povolnyi Howarth & Povolny, 1976 previously known only from the holotype male. Based on the appearance and morphology of the male genitalia we recognize it as a subspecies of Athamanthia balucha (Howarth & Povolny 1976)—A. b. povolnyi (Howarth & Povolny, 1976), comb. nov. Morphology of the subspecies is redescribed, female is described and illustrated for the first time, and distribution data are added taking into consideration recent findings in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Taxon athamantides Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 2001 from Central and Southeast Iran is also treated as a subspecies of A. balucha—A. b. athamantides (Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 2001), comb. nov.—based on the similarity of the male genitalia and the wing pattern with A. balucha.

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Emamianfar, Ali, Yuliia Tretiak, and Raddamila Kosarevska. "CLASSIFICATION OF NATURAL CLIMATIC ZONES FOR ENERGYEFFICIENT ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS FOR IRANIAN SCHOOLS." Urban development and spatial planning, no. 87 (October 25, 2024): 43–55. https://doi.org/10.32347/2076-815x.2024.87.43-55.

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This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the climate classifications in Iran and their influence on the energy efficiency of school architecture. It explores how natural regional factors such as solar intensity, humidity, precipitation, climatic winds, and environmental conditions contribute to developing energy-efficient architectural solutions for schools. The climate zones of Iran are categorized into four, five, and six models, forming the foundation for identifying the key principles of energy efficiency.The four main climate zones of Iran display distinct characteristics. The temperate and humid region along the Caspian Sea experiences elevated rainfall levels, influencing the design of school buildings in terms of water management and material selection. The cold mountainous area in the west, with its significant fluctuations in atmospheric pressure and severe winters, calls for the adoption of compact architectural designs that maximize heat retention. In contrast, the hot and dry region of the central plateau is dominated by intense solar exposure and extreme temperature variations between day and night, making the use of shading devices, natural ventilation, and thick-walled constructions essential for maintaining thermal comfort and energy efficiency.In the hot and humid southern coastal region, particularly along the Persian Gulf, high humidity and elevated temperatures require special consideration of ventilation systems and materials with low thermal conductivity to prevent heat accumulation.Furthermore, the article evaluates how these diverse climatic conditions shape regional architecture and the strategies implemented for energy optimization. Special attention is given to renewable energy solutions, including solar and wind energy, which are particularly effective in the hot and dry central plateau and the windy regions of eastern Iran. In the northern and western regions, the abundance of rainwater can be harnessed for sustainable water management in school facilities.By examining the relationship between climate and architectural design, this article highlights the importance of region-specific solutions that align with the local environment. The findings underscore the need for architectural approaches tailored to each climate zone to achieve energy-efficient and sustainable school infrastructure across Iran.

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Anooshahr, Ali. "The Arghūn State in Qandahar and the New World Economy, 1479–1522." Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 66, no. 3-4 (2023): 462–512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685209-12341600.

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Abstract Traffic on overland routes connecting the Indian subcontinent to the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia increased from the fifteenth to the sixteenth centuries. This led to the formation of strong states in the Kabul-to-Delhi region—namely, the state ruled by the later Lodīs in north India, the embryonic Mughal state in Kabul, and the Arghūn state in Qandahar (1479–1522). This article will especially investigate the latter. Since there is no mercantile archive for this period, I will make use of narrative sources, especially the little-used “court history” of the Arghūns, the Nuṣratnāmā-i Tarkhān (completed circa 1565) in search of political and economic information.

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Lhuillier, Johanna, and Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento. "Central Asia and the Interaction between the Iranian Plateau and the Steppes in Late First Millennium BC." Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 24, no. 1-2 (2018): 331–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700577-12341335.

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AbstractResearch led by the joint French-Turkmen Archaeological Expedition (MAFTur) at Ulug-depe have brought to light the longest continuous stratigraphic sequence of southern Central Asia, starting from the Late Neolithic up to the Middle Iron Age. During the last fieldwork seasons, a later, still poorly-known occupation has been identified: after its abandonment at the end of the Middle Iron Age period, Ulug-depe was briefly reoccupied during the late 1st millennium BC. The archaeological levels related to this occupation are extremely poorly preserved, and this stage is mainly witnessed by a particular pottery complex. Preliminary and ongoing researches on this pottery complex suggest that it principally includes Hellenistic-period vessels associated with some more unusual shapes. This association of material finds analogies in the area of interaction between the northern and the southern parts of Central Asia (i.e., in Uzbekistan, in a territory stretching from Tashkent to the Aral Sea through the Syr Darya area). In this paper, we will present a first overview of these discoveries, placing Ulug-depe at the crossroads of different cultural groups, sedentary and possibly nomadic, at the end of the 1st millennium BC.

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Ghaleh, Mona Bagheri, Negar Eftekhari, Mostafa Deh Pahlavan, and Carmela Vaccaro. "Exploring Early Distillation Hypotheses: Investigating Unique Pottery from Tepe Sagzabad on the Central Iranian Plateau (Iron Age)." Archaeological Discovery 13, no. 01 (2025): 26–47. https://doi.org/10.4236/ad.2025.131002.

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Moradi, Naeim, Ulrich Joger, Soheila Shafiei Bafti, Ali Sharifi, and Mohammad Ebrahim SehhatiSabet. "Biogeography of the Iranian snakes." PLOS ONE 19, no. 10 (2024): e0309120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309120.

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The events of the Cenozoic era such as mountain formation caused Iran to become one of the most amazing biodiversity hotspots in the world today. This pioneering study on Iranian snake biogeography integrates historical and ecological analyses. A phylogeographic review traces speciation and dispersal, while cluster analysis with a new snake checklist assesses faunistic similarities within Iran and its surroundings. Jaccard and Sorenson indices generate similarity dendrograms, Indicator Species Analysis pinpoints regional key species, and Endemism index calculates regional endemism rates, enriching our knowledge of Iran’s species diversity. Phylogeographic analyses identify four biogeographical corridors for snake ingress into Iran: the Arabian region through southwestern Iran, the Western Asian mountainous transition zone via northwestern Iran, the Turanian region into northeastern Iran, and the Indus River Valley into southeastern and eastern Iran. Dendrogram analysis divides snake fauna into three groups. The first group associates western Zagros and Khuzestan fauna with the Sahara and Arabian regions. The second group links Kopet Dagh and Turkmen Steppe fauna with the Turanian region, and Central Plateau and Baluchistan fauna with the Iranian region. The third group connects northwest highlands, Alborz and Zagros mountains, and Caspian Sea coasts with the Western Asian Mountain transition zone. The study validates broad biogeographic patterns via ecoregional associations and indicator species analysis, providing finer resolution. Species like Platyceps najadum in Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests exemplify ecoregional alignment, while Zagros and Alborz mountains exhibit unique faunal indicators, indicating species-level divergence. Shared indicators among widespread ecoregions reflect habitat continuity; exclusive indicators emphasize regional distinctiveness. Despite endemic species prevalence, they seldom act as significant indicators due to various factors. Our research confirms the Zagros Mountains, Khuzestan Plain, Alborz Mountains, and Persian Gulf coasts as snake diversity hotspots, marked by higher species richness compared to other Iranian regions.

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Vahdati Nasab, Hamed, Sanaz Shirvani, and Solange Rigaud. "The Northern Iranian Central Plateau at the End of the Pleistocene and Early Holocene: The Emergence of Domestication." Journal of World Prehistory 32, no. 3 (2019): 287–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10963-019-09133-0.

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Fazeli Nashli, Hassan, Katerina Theodorakopoulou, Kostas Stamoulis, et al. "Deciphering the chronology of Tepe Sialk (South) “Ziggurat”, North Central Iranian Plateau, through optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 48 (April 2023): 103860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103860.

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Zhang, Taotao, Tao Wang, Gerhard Krinner, et al. "The weakening relationship between Eurasian spring snow cover and Indian summer monsoon rainfall." Science Advances 5, no. 3 (2019): eaau8932. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau8932.

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Substantial progress has been made in understanding how Eurasian snow cover variabilities affect the Indian summer monsoon, but the snow-monsoon relationship in a warming atmosphere remains controversial. Using long-term observational snow and rainfall data (1967–2015), we identified that the widely recognized inverse relationship of central Eurasian spring snow cover with the Indian summer monsoon rainfall has disappeared since 1990. The apparent loss of this negative correlation is mainly due to the central Eurasian spring snow cover no longer regulating the summer mid-tropospheric temperature over the Iranian Plateau and surroundings, and hence the land-ocean thermal contrast after 1990. A reduced lagged snow-hydrological effect, resulting from a warming-induced decline in spring snow cover, constitutes the possible mechanism for the breakdown of the snow-air temperature connection after 1990. Our results suggest that, in a changing climate, Eurasian spring snow cover may not be a faithful predictor of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall.

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van Lint, Theo Maarten. "The Formation of Armenian Identity in the First Millenium." Church History and Religious Culture 89, no. 1 (2009): 251–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187124109x407925.

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AbstractIn tracing three possible answers to the question what the 'first millennium' might be for the Armenians, various layers of the Armenian tradition constitutive of the formation of Armenian identity are presented. Three periods are distinguished: the Nairian-Urartian stretching from about 1200 bce to the conquest of the Armenian plateau by the Achaemenids; followed by the Zoroastrian phase, in which political, religious, social, and cultural institutions in Armenia were closely related to Iranian ones, lasting until the adoption of Christianity as state religion in Armenia at the beginning of the fourth century. This heralds the third and last phase considered in this contribution, concluding with the cornerstone of Armenian identity formation in the direction given to Armenia and its Church by Yovhannēs Ōjnec'i (John of Odzun, d. 728), who opted for a moderate form of Miaphysitism after the rejection of the Council of Chalcedon. The developments in each of the three periods are measured against the criteria Smith considered central for the presence of an ethnie, while attention is given to the Iranian aspects of Armenian society, the presence of a Hellenistic strand in its culture, and its western turn upon the adoption of Christianity.

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Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Milad Yusefi, and Rasoul Karamiani. "Systematics and distribution of the genus Darevskia Arribas, 1997 on the Iranian plateau: a review." Biodiversity International Journal 7, no. 2 (2024): 35–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/bij.2024.07.00209.

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Two hundred ninety species of lacertids are presently placed in from 24 to about 30 genera. Most of the genera that have been recognized appear to be clades on the basis of their morphology, with the exception of the paraphyletic central African Adolfus and Lacerta sensu lato of Europe, Asia and northwest Africa. Traditionally, species boundaries are only based on morphological and appearance differences, and this approach is qualitatively or quantitatively investigated. At the same time, several new and modern methods can be used for a more realistic and logical investigation in the determination of species boundaries. Molecular analysis has provided more evidence about lacertids' kinship relationships. These methods work particularly well when dealing with cryptic species or species complexes. Where there is a high general and morphological similarity between the species of a population. The rock lizards, genus Darevskia Arribas, 1999, are such species, as many of its members have few distinctive and diagnostic morphological features. Biodiversity and species diversity assessment allows for more precise determination of the causes of many biological processes. These processes involve complex patterns that are especially observed in areas with high species diversity. Anatolia and Caucasus regions are two important geographical regions where Darevskia species live, which have complex morphology and unique speciation. Darevskia valentini and D. rudis are two widely distributed species of this genus, both of which have controversial taxonomy. In this study, an attempt has been made to summarize the species available in Iran.

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BOROUMAND, HAMID, SOHEILA SHAFIEI BAFTI, REIHANEH SABERI-PIROOZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME, and FARAHAM AHMADZADEH. "Description of six new species from Mesalina watsonana complex in the Iranian plateau and neighboring regions." Zootaxa 5501, no. 1 (2024): 108–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.5.

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Mesalina watsonana is a species complex with a wide distribution range in Iran, some parts of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwest India. Recent molecular and morphological investigations detected remarkable hidden diversity among the geographical populations of the complex, more likely referring to the persistence of undescribed species. In this study, we conducted a very detailed sampling of localities and carried out a morphological study to investigate populations within the complex. Investigation of morphological features within the M. watsonana species complex indicated that it consists of seven distinct populations. They include the West-Southeast-South, East-Northeast, East Dasht-e Kavir, West Dasht-e Kavir, and two central groups (Halil and Kerman groups). Considering our findings, each of the seven populations corresponding to distinct geographic regions should be recognized as species. The six new species include Mesalina khuzestanensis sp. nov., Mesalina halilica sp. nov., Mesalina kermanensis sp. nov., Mesalina ardestanica sp. nov., Mesalina bardaskanensis sp. nov., Mesalina esfarayensis sp. nov. which are distinctive from each other due to their unique morphological characteristics.

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Khodaparast, S., S. Madanipour, E. Enkelmann, R. Nozaem, and K. Hessami. "Fault inversion in central Iran: Evidence of post Pliocene intracontinental left lateral kinematics at the northern Iranian Plateau margin." Journal of Geodynamics 140 (October 2020): 101784. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2020.101784.

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Pouyani, Eskandar R., Sakineh K. Noureini, Nasrullah R. Pouyani, Ulrich Joger, and Michael Wink. "Molecular phylogeny and intraspecific differentiation of the Eremias velox complex of the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia (Sauria, Lacertidae)." Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 50, no. 3 (2012): 220–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2012.00662.x.

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Roozbahani, Abbas, Hamed Ghased, and Mehdi Hashemy Shahedany. "Inter-basin water transfer planning with grey COPRAS and fuzzy COPRAS techniques: A case study in Iranian Central Plateau." Science of The Total Environment 726 (July 2020): 138499. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138499.

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Garrard, Andrew, James Conolly, Norah Moloney, and Katherine Wright. "The Early Prehistory of the Sakçagözü Region, North Levantine Rift Valley: Report on 1995 Survey Season." Anatolian Studies 46 (December 1996): 53–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3642999.

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As a result of its geographical location between the Old World continents, its distinctive natural resources and its innovative cultural record, the Near East is of particular interest to scholars concerned with human developments through the Pleistocene and Early Holocene. Research has focused on the nature and timing of hominid dispersals from Africa into Eurasia, the adaptations of premodern humans to Near Eastern environments, the nature of neanderthal and early modern human societies, hunter-gatherer adaptations in the later Pleistocene and the emergence of village-based farming. However, in spite of considerable concern with these phenomena, our knowledge of the early prehistory of the Near East remains geographically restricted. The best known region for the Palaeolithic is the central and southern Levant. Limited work was undertaken in the Iraqi and Iranian Zagros in the 1950s–60s, but the northern Levant and Turkey remain poorly studied. Aceramic Neolithic research has been more evenly spread, having benefited from the dam salvage projects in the Tigris-Euphrates basins and work in the central Anatolian plateau. However there are still substantial gaps in our knowledge.

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Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah. "A multivariate analysis of geographic variation in the Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae)." Amphibia-Reptilia 26, no. 2 (2005): 159–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568538054253474.

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AbstractThe "Trapelus agilis complex" encompasses three conventional taxa: T. a. agilis (Olivier), T. a. isolepis (Boulenger), and T. a. sanguinolentus (= T. sanguinolentus) (Pallas). In previous studies the author revised this complex, synonymized T. a. isolepis with T. a. agilis, and recognized four distinct subspecies within the complex: T. a. agilis from central Iranian Plateau, southern Afghanistan, and southwestern Pakistan; T. a. sanguinolentus from northeastern Iran, northern Afghanistan, and the Central Asian Republics of the former USSR as well as Daghestan; T. a. khuzistanensis from the lowland southwestern Iran; and T. a. pakistanensis from southeastern Pakistan as well as adjoining northwestern India. In order to re-evaluate this judgment and to resolve the patterns of geographic variation within and among the mentioned four taxa, cluster analysis, principal components analysis, and canonical variate analysis were employed using 18 most informative morphological characters recorded for 522 undamaged and fully-grown specimens belonging to 19 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) throughout the range. The principal components as well as canonical variate analyses identified four primary groups of individuals corresponding to the four taxa recognized by the previous studies.

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Rante, Rocco. "Iranian Cities: Settlements and Water Management from Antiquity to the Islamic Period." Eurasian Studies 16, no. 1-2 (2018): 39–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24685623-12340048.

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AbstractThis article attempts a long-term perspective on cities and water from Late Antiquity to the early Islamic centuries (until ca. 1000 CE). It focuses on the question of how cities and their agricultural hinterland were supplied with water. The topography of the site, its geomorphological features, are shown to influence both the setup and subsequent history of the cities. The article uses two sets of examples, one chosen from the Iranian plateau where qanāt irrigation predominates, and the other one from Persianate Central Asia (Transoxiana), where water is derived from larger and medium-sized rivers. The type of irrigation influences the ways in which the city grows, and more generally, the layout of the city is also determined by the water supply. Cities tend to grow towards the source of water, and it can also be observed that in many cases, the political and administrative centre is located where the best water is available. One of the major questions is whether imperial will was behind the construction of irrigation systems or whether local players such as landlords were the decisive factor.The article combines archaeological research and the study of textual sources but is mostly based on recent archaeological fieldwork.

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Radkhah, Ali Reza, and Soheil Eagderi. "Investigation on the Global Distribution of Invasive Fish Species, Convict Cichlid Amatitlania Nigrofasciata (Perciformes, Cichlidae) Over the Past Years with Emphasis on Iranian Inland Waters." Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research 22, no. 3 (2020): 45–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/trser-2020-0017.

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Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the global distribution of a non-indigenous and invasive fish species, the convict cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata, over time, with an emphasis on the inland waters of Iran. The results showed that the distribution range of the convict cichlid was initially based in Central America. Then, the distribution range of this species expanded to parts of North America. Finally, this fish species was introduced to other parts of the world such as Australia, Israel, Italy, Colombia, Germany, Peru, Slovakia, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Iran due to its extensive ability to spread. So far the presence of A. nigrofasciata has been reported in two domestic basins in Iran, namely Hormuz and Namak Lake. This study indicated that the distribution range of this species is not currently wide, but it is likely to expand towards the central plateau and southern parts of Iran.

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Nasirian, Hassan, and Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi. "New aspects concerning <i>Pediculus capitis</i> (Anoplura: Pedicullidae) infestation in Iran." Parazitologiâ 58, no. 5 (2024): 355–451. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s0031184724050016.

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Pediculosis caused by the Pediculus capitis (De Geer, 1767), is a major public health concern worldwide, including in Iran. Policymakers must be well-informed on the relevant evidence through comprehensive studies. No study has been done concerning trends of Pediculus capitis infestation in provinces of Iran, geographic and climatic regions, seasons, location of meridians and tropics areas, together with the distribution and stratification. Therefore, a study of the mentioned objectives was conducted. The data on P. capitis infestation levels and factor impacts on P. capitis infestation levels in Iranian people were extracted and summarized from 126 articles. The trends of P. capitis infestation have increased in about half of the country’s provinces over the previous two decades. These provinces are located mostly in the southern Caspian Sea shores, the central plateau, and the south coast. Pediculus capitis infestations are in the range of -ꝏ–-0.40, -0.40–-0.20, and -0.20–0.00 in the regression coefficient regarding the distribution and stratification. For the first time in this study, the impact of the meridians and the tropics that pass through Iran was also evaluated on P. capitis infestation. Based on the intensity of P. capitis infestation, the order of the influence of the factors that affect infestation is estimated. Interaction modeling demonstrated that primary school has a synergistic impact on time trends. In addition, the Western mountains, the central plateau, and the southeast showed synergistic effects with time trends on the incidence of the outcome. The findings provide the national baseline data to initiate steps for national pediculosis intervention programs.

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Nasab, Hamed Vahdati, Geoffrey A. Clark, and Shirin Torkamandi. "Late Pleistocene dispersal corridors across the Iranian Plateau: A case study from Mirak, a Middle Paleolithic site on the northern edge of the Iranian Central desert (Dasht-e Kavir)." Quaternary International 300 (June 2013): 267–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.11.028.

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Pakniat, D., M. R. Homami, S. Maleki, and M. Tohidi. "The Influence of Environmental Factors on the Distribution of Wintering Populations of Asian Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis Macqueenii in Central Iranian Plateau." Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology 5, no. 17 (2016): 77–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.ijae.5.17.77.

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Sadeghi-Bagherabadi, Amir, Farhad Sobouti, Abdolreza Ghods, et al. "Upper mantle anisotropy and deformation beneath the major thrust-and-fold belts of Zagros and Alborz and the Iranian Plateau." Geophysical Journal International 214, no. 3 (2018): 1913–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy233.

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SUMMARY We present new SKS splitting measurements obtained from a temporary seismic broad-band network in western Iran across the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone. The average delay time over the entire network was found to be 1.27 ± 0.27 s. In the Zagros where the lithosphere attains its greatest thickness, the fast-axes are predominantly subparallel to the trend of the mountain ranges, suggesting a lithospheric origin of the anisotropy caused by transpressional deformation. In contrast in the Alborz, the fast-axes become subparallel to the absolute plate motion vectors and we propose that anisotropy is mainly controlled by the direction of the asthenospheric flow field. The central Iran region shows a more complex pattern of anisotropy that could be the result of variable and small-scale deformation fields in the crust and the shallow sublithospheric mantle.

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