Archaeological Survey of Āzād Dam, Kurdistān, Western Iran

Subject Areas : Prehistoric Archaeology

Ardeshir Javanmardzadeh ¹ (Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)
Hojjat Darabi ² (Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)
Reza Naseri ³ (M.A. Student of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2023-07-10 Accepted : 2023-07-10 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: Salvage Archaeology, Archaeological Survey, Kurdestān, Āzād Dam,

Abstract :

The Kurdestān province is located in western part of Iran as, limited by East Azerbaijan and Zanjān provinces from the north, Zanjān from the east, Kermanshah from the south and Iraq from the west. The survey region in the lake of Āzād Dam is located between Sanandaj and Marivān counties of Kurdestān province. Azad Dam’s Lake is located between 46º 32ʹ 57ʺ eastern longitude and 35 º 19 ʹ 59ʺ northern latitude, between the Banidar village and Pīr Khezrān in the starting and endpoint of the survey area. During the September- October 2007 the Archaeological survey of the Āzād Dam was intensively carried out to identify and record the Archaeological remains. this survey 21 archaeological sites which could be divided to 4 main types: Tell sites, Open Air sites, Cemeteries and Monuments. Chronologically, these recorded sites are spanning  from prehistoric times to the Late Islamic era as, 1 sites contains Early Bronze Age Material by Early Trans Caucasia  horizon, 3 sites contains Achamenid, 17 sites contains Parthian, 5 sites contains Sassanid and 4 sites contains Late Islamic material.