INVESTIGATION OF SUPRA-REGIONAL RELATIONS OF QASR GOLCHEHREH AREA OF TORBAT-E JAM BASED ON COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORICAL POTTERY

Qasr Golchehreh is one of the archaeological sites of Greater Khorasan in Jam Plain, 2 km southeast of Langar village, which has always been a suitable environment for settlements due to its favorable climatic and communication conditions. The presence of pottery and brick walls in this site points to richness and human settlements in this historical site. Unfortunately, so far, this site has just been identified and introduced in the list of historical monuments. Therefore, it is necessary to study this very important site in Torbat-e Jam plain, which has not been addressed so far, and also to determine the date of its settlement. Accordingly, in this research, which is carried out in a descriptive-analytical way, it has been attempted to answer the following research questions: 1- According to the Ceramic chronology, what period does this site belong to? 2- With which regions has it had the most cultural communications? Accordingly, after selecting the flagship pottery and conducting a typological and comparative study, the following results were obtained: The results of this study show that the pottery belonged to the Parthian and Sassanid periods and the Middle Islamic period. Most of the trans-regional connections of this region can be considered with the northeastern regions such as Dargaz, Sarakhskhs, Neyshabur and Tous, east with Birjand, and southeast with Sistan and Makran.