نشریه پیام باستان شناس
پیاپی 4 (پاییز و زمستان 1384)

Tel Baladiyeh is located in the Susiana plain in the east of Dez river and Khuzestan province. This mound is situated near one of the important and large archaeological centers of the region, Choghamish. In the winter of 2004, this mound was excavated by the joint team of archaeology of Iran and the University of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Abbas Alizadeh and Ali Mahforouzi. The important porpuse of exploring this mound was to know the transition phase from the Prehistoric era to the Proto-historic period and the chronology of the Uruk period, which did not lead to the desired result due to the existing problems. One of the trenches created in this mound was C6 on the north and northwest side of the Tel Baladiyeh, where the C6N trench was located on its north side. Because from the beginning, an orderly sequence of the Proto-writing pottery was obtained, Tel Baladiyeh was explored in order to know the internal chronology of the Uruk period. In this article, an attempt is made to introduce and categorize the Proto-writing pottery obtained from this trench, to highlight the differences between their form, dough and their combinations. Finally, considering the complexities of the late 5th and 4th millennium BC in the Susiana plain, local centers such as Tel Baladiyeh in the region and the role of regional sites are investigated.

The Khaveh plain and the Mirbag area in Delfan county are among the most well-known parts of Central Zagros. Settlements such as Tepe Jamshidi, Tepe Abdul Hossein in the Khaveh plain and Tepe Noorabad and Tepe Babajan in the central part of Delfan county have been explored by Ghirshman, Pollar, Seyed Sajjadi, and Goff respectively. In this article, the information obtained from the first survey season in the region has been collected. Then, using the archeological information of the region and comparative study, a chronology is proposed. In general, the area is enclosed between two high mountain ranges, Grin and Sefid Kouh, and it seems that the process of cultural evolution in it was different compared to the wide plains and in relation to the neighboring areas in the central Zagros. In this article, settlements with cultural evidence of a period are introduced as Indicative sites. Then, based on archaeological investigations, the hierarchy and the process of changing the settlement pattern and other conditions of ancient settlements have been evaluated and analyzed.

Elamite civilization is considered one of the oldest human civilizations. This brilliant civilization is still not as well known as it should be and the efforts of archaeologists and historians continue to identify it as much as possible. In the meantime, the lack of written sources left over from this civilization has a great impact on this ignorance, and the discovery of any inscription or writing can be a light on the history of the civilization of Elam. During the investigations of 1971-72 in Khuzestan plain, Dezful and Haft Tepe region, an inscription was discovered on a hill called "Pomp" which contains important information and details of the history of Ilam civilization. This article will deal with the discovery of this inscription and its introduction and translation.

Archaeology has changed the boundaries of knowledge of the human past from very limited oral literature and written history to a three-million-year history. Despite this, archaeological excavations also means the destruction of ancient monuments, unless the principles of exploration and information recording operations are followed very scientifically and accurately. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to express information about the issues and problems that an archaeologist practically faces when exploring in ancient cemeteries. Especially since today most of the members of archeology are students and since there has been no case-by-case article written about the method of exploring the cemetery for the use of students, it seems that this article can be a small step for students to take big steps.

Due to the importance of the historical geography of western Iran, unfortunately, the historical geography of the central Zagros region has not been studied so far. This region forms the major part of Kermanshah province and a part of its neighboring provinces. What stands out as a basic generality is that this region is known as the origin of the first Iranian government, the Medes, and Hamedan is world famous as the center of this government. However, less has been written about other cities that were located in this area, especially on the route of the ancient road to Babylon. In this article, the sources available in four time periods including the historical geography of Central Zagros from the beginning to the Achaemenid period, the Parthian period and finally the historical geography of the region in the Sassanid period are examined.