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Cultural area is a geographical area in which an approximately large of group with shared cultural characteristics are present. In the Islamic period, Nishabur city (the remains of which are located in the South East of the modern city of Nishabur), Balkh, Merv and Heart were the four quarters of Great Khorasan in the early centuries until the Mongol invasion, from which only Nishabur in Iran has remained. Based on the historical and geographical sources of the early and middle centuries of the Islamic period, Nishabur has had a broad cultural context, including twelve provinces, a dozen quarters, as well as several towns and villages. Buzhgan, as one of the easternmost twelve provinces of Nishabur, is located within Nilabad Plain, 17 km southeast of Torbatejam, and has been the result of interaction between climatic conditions and political, economic and social relations as in close association with the capital city of Nishabur in the first to seventh centuryies (AH). In this paper, the literature on Buzhgan has been dealt with using a historical analysis approach. The evaluation of written sources indicates the distinct political, economic and cultural role of Nishabur as the most important eastern province in the road from Nishabur to Heart. 

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Goals:
The Sardar of Bagh-e Melli was the symbol of Tehran for many years. Its current state is the result of events, changes in Visions, and social, cultural, and political changes. This study focuses on the experience of Tehran Beautification Organization to reveal the quality of conservation in valuable monuments of Tehran.
Methods:
The current study is a descriptive-analytic and explorative-field work study. It has tried to triangulate the results of to Make understandable with library studies and document analysis to offer hypothesis in terms of interpretation of hidden elements and features of the monument and provide a proper analysis of the changes and the reasons behind them.
Findings:
Studies show that the monument had four distinct periods of life, the effect of each can be seen as physical changes and interventions in it: 1- Formation as a symbol of power in the bureaucracy of the capital and the country; 2- The period of pause in urban development; 3- The era of ignorance and decline; 4- The rise of historical and symbolic values of the monument in the old Tehran.
Conclusion:
The study answers the questions regarding the formation, changes, and second rise of a monument that was the symbol of Tehran in an era and is considered the face of old Tehran today. In these examinations it became clear how social and political changes affected the rise and focalization of a monument and consequently resulted in its decline. Thus, the value of the said monument in each era makes certain changes permissible or prohibited. Finally, the growing old of previous values and formation of new ones are studied and how this limit intervention in the monument more difficult compared to older taboos.

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Undoubtedly, pottery is among the most important information types that can help understand societies and cultures better. Despite introducing pottery known as Sultān Abād and its classification over the last few decades, very limited information has been published so far on the origin of its type and about archeological sites containing them. The main reason for this seems to be that containers could not be found in archeological excavations, and most of these potteries were obtained through illegal excavations hence; are part of private collections and museums. Consequently, our understanding on their origin, extent and distribution is very limited. In the current study, we attempt to present a brief introduction about the technical and decorative features of this pottery type, its construction origin, historical background and the likely place or places of its production. Then, based on information from recent archaeological excavations and surveys, this pottery type is described and explained.

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Natural events and disasters always have a devastating impact on human settlements and incur economic and social effects on societies by destroying buildings and infrastructures. One of these destructive phenomenons is landslide that could damage communities, meadows and forests, communication lines, and monuments extensively in many parts of the globe, especially in mountainous countries such as Iran. Some information is currently available about the morphological cause and effects of some apparent cases. However, the destructive effects of this phenomenon on ancient settlements have not adequately been mentioned. This study examines an ancient landslide by combining data from two seasons of archaeological excavations of Tepe Mehr Ali, located in Fars province, and related interdisciplinary studies. The results of the excavations, geological evidence and morphology of the site indicate that the southern slope of the mound (about 35 degrees) to Balangan River, represent a landslide event leading to the abandonment of this site for some time during settlement periods.

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“You are able to consume everything but your bodies…”. This stereotypic phrase is a very repetitive one, endorsed in most of the workshops on “body and archaeology”. The workshops, I am holding for three years is various cities of Iran are actually based on Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed and the very concept of Docile Bodies of Michael Foucault. My very goal in these series of workshops is to clarify the process of oppression for students of anthropology and social sciences using a method more than describing the theoretical dilemma. Over the last couple of years, it has been more clarified to me that over half of the youths attending the workshops have no motivation to move or present their body and voice abilities. They prefer to remain the silent audiences of an instructor’s monologue. The rate of such a desire increases in larger cities representing the increasing rate of body control. To manage Boal’s plays, I usually conduct the machine play to warm up minds but surprisingly, more I practice, more these are female participants who share their experiences of body oppression while male students remain silent. Is there any recognized pattern which shapes their exception of presenting the bodies? Are they fearful of losing their social agency towards playing new Avant-garde roles? I believe that the answer is positive. There are patterns of docile bodies which are objectively observable in the process of playing Theater of the Oppressed in Iran and mostly these patterns are gender-based.  In this article, I intend to describe the body patterns derived from the workshops on Body and Archaeology in order to a better understanding of docile bodies based on acts and practices.

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 Natural and human factors are always a threat to the destruction and damage of ancient monuments, and depending on the type of area, each of these factors can be damaging; many historical sites have been destroyed or seriously damaged as a result of these circumstances. Using GIS, the threatened regions of historical sites in Lorestan's Khorramabad region were identified to take action to preserve them. Shapur Khast Fortress (Falakol aflak), Broken Bridge, Safavid Bridge (Gap Bridge), brick minaret, Khorramabad inscription, and Gerdab Sangi are among the region's known ancient sites. Effective factors in the destruction of ancient monuments are five criteria defined by professionals in the field, which include the distance from the waterway, distance from the streets, slope, height, and slope orientation, all of which are depicted on a geographical map. The model is next assessed utilizing modeling by fuzzy logic operators approach and identifying the effect of each criterion. The final result includes five vulnerability classes: very high, high, medium, low, and very low. In this study, the AND operator provides the optimal risk-adjusted state, which has been proven by empirical verification and historical sources.