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The Iron II Burials of the Sarand Cemetery
 
PIIS032103910013548-5-1
DOI10.31857/S032103910013548-5
Publication type Article
Status Approved
Authors
saeid saeidsattarnezhad 
Affiliation: University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Address: Ardabil, Iran
Affiliation: Islamic Azad University‒Miyaneh
Address: Iran
Samad Parvin
Affiliation: University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Address: Islamic Republic of Iran
Abstract

Located in East Azerbaijan Province, the Sarand Cemetery represents a site of high significance in northwest Iran by virtue of its finds as it contains burials from two phases of the Iron Age, viz. Iron II and I. The first season of excavations identified and documented some 36 burials, of which 30 relate to the Iron II. The burials at this cemetery are of rectangle stone-lined graves, wherein a single or multiple bodies were interred. The present paper is dedicated to the Iron II burials, whose finds were compared to the materials from other points in Norwest Iran and the neighboring regions. The results suggested that the burial gifts from the graves under study demonstrate a link between the Bronze Age, Iron I and Iron II sites, a fact that bespeaks continuity from the late Bronze to the Iron II in the region.

KeywordsNorthwest Iran, Sarand Cemetery, Iron Age II, Cultural continuity, Chronology, Archaeological data
Received24.03.2021
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