TAL-E KHANDAGH (“MOATED MOUND”): A Military Structure in Ancient Fars
The ancient province of Fars in southern Iran was the home of a number of capital cities over several dynasties., The present article introduces archaeological monuments known as tal-e khandaghs, so named because of the presence of a deep moat that invariably surrounds a substantial rampart. The tal...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2012, Volume: 75, Issue: 4, Pages: 240-251 |
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| Summary: | The ancient province of Fars in southern Iran was the home of a number of capital cities over several dynasties., The present article introduces archaeological monuments known as tal-e khandaghs, so named because of the presence of a deep moat that invariably surrounds a substantial rampart. The tal-e khandagh at Sar Mashhad, which Trümpelmann interpreted as a tower of silence, is the earliest of these structures. In a survey carried out in 2007 between Bishapur, Borazjan, and Firouzabad, the author identified and studied a number of similar structures and came to the conclusion that they probably functioned as defensive military installations. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.75.4.0240 |