Settlement Pattern of Yanik Culture in Eastern Kurdistan, Iran

Zahra Rajabioun; Rouhollah Shiraz

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Settlement Pattern of Yanik Culture in Eastern Kurdistan, Iran

Zahra Rajabioun, Rouhollah Shiraz

Published in International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 13 March 2015 Accepted: 31 March 2015 Published: 9 April 2015

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The eastern part of Kurdistan Province, the region under Study, includes cities such as Bijar, Qorveh and Dehgolan. This region is a high plain which differs from western Kurdistan topographically. Recently, this region has been archaeologically surveyed by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) successively. As a result, various ancient sites, dated back from prehistoric times to the Islamic period were identified among which 16 are attributed to the "Yanik culture". The main aim of the present study is to analyze the settlement pattern of Yanikian sites in the eastern Kurdistan and their relationship with natural environment. In this study, parameters such as altitude, distance to the river, size of the sites, slope and so on have been taken into account and studied via GIS software. The study shows that Yanikian settlements have been centered in southern part of the region and they are rare in the northern parts.

Published in	International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ija.20150301.12
Page(s)	8-16
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Eastern Kurdistan, Yanik Culture, Settlement Pattern, GIS Sedentism and Nomadism

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Department of Archaeology, University of Sistan and Bluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

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