An Archaeological View to the Mannaean Kingdom

The Mannaean Kingdom’s heartland is located south of Lake Urmia and north of Lake Zaribar in the Zagros Mountain in western Iran from the 9th to 6th centuries BC. Until recently, knowledge on the Mannaeans mostly came from Assyrian texts and, in rare cases, from Urartian inscriptions. In the last fi...

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Main Author: Yousef Hassanzadeh
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/asiana/article/view/1746
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description The Mannaean Kingdom’s heartland is located south of Lake Urmia and north of Lake Zaribar in the Zagros Mountain in western Iran from the 9th to 6th centuries BC. Until recently, knowledge on the Mannaeans mostly came from Assyrian texts and, in rare cases, from Urartian inscriptions. In the last five decades, new findings from archaeological excavations and surveys have revealed other aspects of Mannaean material culture. Most of these excavations have been published in Iranian journals, which present summaries without clear methodologies or typologies. This article is an attempt at synthesizing recent publications on archaeological field studies, in some of which the author participated. The goal is document the state of knowledge of the Mannaean culture based on the results of recent archaeological excavations and to share a more articulate understanding of this kingdom with a larger audience.
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spelling doaj-art-11dfbb4f03684bd7af35ded13859a0d22025-08-20T03:45:40ZengFirenze University PressAsia Anteriore Antica2611-89122023-01-01410.36253/asiana-1746An Archaeological View to the Mannaean KingdomYousef Hassanzadeh0Iran National Museum, Head of Research CenterThe Mannaean Kingdom’s heartland is located south of Lake Urmia and north of Lake Zaribar in the Zagros Mountain in western Iran from the 9th to 6th centuries BC. Until recently, knowledge on the Mannaeans mostly came from Assyrian texts and, in rare cases, from Urartian inscriptions. In the last five decades, new findings from archaeological excavations and surveys have revealed other aspects of Mannaean material culture. Most of these excavations have been published in Iranian journals, which present summaries without clear methodologies or typologies. This article is an attempt at synthesizing recent publications on archaeological field studies, in some of which the author participated. The goal is document the state of knowledge of the Mannaean culture based on the results of recent archaeological excavations and to share a more articulate understanding of this kingdom with a larger audience. https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/asiana/article/view/1746Mannaean Kingdom1st Millennium BCIron AgeZagros MountainsWest Iran
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An Archaeological View to the Mannaean Kingdom
Asia Anteriore Antica
Mannaean Kingdom
1st Millennium BC
Iron Age
Zagros Mountains
West Iran
title An Archaeological View to the Mannaean Kingdom
title_full An Archaeological View to the Mannaean Kingdom
title_fullStr An Archaeological View to the Mannaean Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed An Archaeological View to the Mannaean Kingdom
title_short An Archaeological View to the Mannaean Kingdom
title_sort archaeological view to the mannaean kingdom
topic Mannaean Kingdom
1st Millennium BC
Iron Age
Zagros Mountains
West Iran
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