Structural Identification and Analysis of Remains and Settlements of the Late Islamic Period in Abeyek Foothills

Document Type : Analytic Review

Authors
Yaghob Ebrahimi 1
Araz Najafi 2
Farzad Mafi 2
1 Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Archeology, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran
10.52547/eijh.28.4.40
Abstract
The Qazvin Plain and northern Alborz heights overlooking it are one of the important centers for the development and evolution of cultures in the central Iranian plateau. As we witness the continuous growth and flourishing of civilizations in different periods of time, from prehistoric to the present era in this geographical domain, this could have resulted in favorable environmental conditions such as climate, soil, vegetation and animal husbandry, as well as a suitable geopolitical condition (trade and communications) with far and adjacent cultures. Considering the desirable archeological background of the aforementioned area as well as its complexity, the expansion and evolutionary process of settlements, the paper, through the existing archeological framework intends to take into account cultural activities of communities from the formation of the Safavid rule to the end of the Qajar era in southern foothills of central Alborz, north of Qazvin Plain. In other words, the main purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the transit location and native culture of the proposed area on the formation and development of places, sites and production of cultural materials of late Islamic centuries as well as awareness of closeness and possible cultural relations with each of its adjacent geographical and cultural areas. The research method includes a methodological study of archeology with the application of a historical approach where the most important and documented data is to identify sites, documentary and pottery collection and their study is in a specific and common framework of this science.

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The International Journal of Humanities
Volume 28, Issue 4
Summer 2021
Pages 40-64