Field and Laboratory Study of Kotal-e Dokhtar 1 and 2 Stone Quarries and Sassanid Paving Road in Kazerun County in South of Iran

Mohammad Hossein Rezaei; Kourosh Ahmadi

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Field and Laboratory Study of Kotal-e Dokhtar 1 and 2 Stone Quarries and Sassanid Paving Road in Kazerun County in South of Iran

Mohammad Hossein Rezaei, Kourosh Ahmadi

Published in International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 24 January 2016 Accepted: 1 February 2016 Published: 1 March 2016

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Kazerun County is located west of Fars Province at an altitude of 732 meters above sea level with 29°37′10″N 51°39′15″E coordinates. Kazerun Plain is located in a syncline, the majority of which is covered by Quaternary sediments. In the wake of recent archaeological studies in east of Kazerun County, two stone quarries as well as a Paving Road related to Sassanid period were discovered in the mountainous region known as Kotal-e Dokhtar. One of the quarries is located upstream of the ancient road and the other on hillside not far from it. In this study, the Paving Road and detected Kotal-e Dokhtar 1 and 2 quarries were first investigated and sampled and were then subject to a number of experiments. Microscopic analysis of thin sections and XRF were among the methods used for assessment. Experiments showed that the samples of Kotal-e Dokhtar 1 and 2 quarries had a similar composition and structure with some stones used to construct the Paving Road. The Paving Road is likely constructed in Sassanid period due to the following reasons: Importance of this area in Sassanid period and the existence of Sassanid city of Bishapur in this county, and Similarity of the experiment results on the stones of Bishapur monuments and detected stone quarries in this area, and Presence of other Sassanid sites and structures such as square dome of this period in a distance of 35 kilometers from this road and Kotal-e Dokhtar 1 and 2 stone quarries.

Published in	International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ija.20160401.12
Page(s)	5-10
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Field Study, Quarry, Paving Road, Sassanid

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Mohammad Hossein Rezaei, Kourosh Ahmadi. Field and Laboratory Study of Kotal-e Dokhtar 1 and 2 Stone Quarries and Sassanid Paving Road in Kazerun County in South of Iran. Int J Archaeol. 2016;4(1):5-10. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20160401.12

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Mohammad Hossein Rezaei

Faculty of Humanities, Department of Archaeology in University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur, Iran
Kourosh Ahmadi

Faculty of Humanities, Archaeology, Islamic Azad University of Kazerun, Kazerun, Iran

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