The role and position of the Bagh-Bamid area in Sirjan Plain during the 6th to 10th AH centuries based on pottery findings analysis

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1 University of Tehran

2 Assistant Professor Department of archaeology, Shiraz university of art

10.22084/nb.2023.27763.2582

Abstract

The Bagh-Bamid area was identified northwest of Sirjan city during archaeological surveys. The large size and variety of cultural findings indicate its role in the Sirjan Plain during the Islamic era. For this reason, we decided to investigate and analyze its pottery findings in the present research to understand the location of the Bagh-Bamid site in the middle centuries of the Islamic era because there is very little information about this place in the written sources of this period. However, various potteries were obtained from the field investigation, which can be used to determine its location in the middle centuries of the Islamic era. The main questions of this research are: What was the position of the Bagh-Bamid site in the 6th to 10th AH centuries? What are the common technologies of the pottery findings in this area? Based on the evidence, are the pottery findings of this area imported or local? How have regional and extra-regional relations of this area been with others? This research aimed to study the cultural findings of the Bagh-Bamid site during the middle centuries of the Islamic era to determine the appearance of this area in this period. The research method was descriptive-analytical, and its findings were collected in documentary and field form. Results revealed that the pottery findings of the Bagh-Bamid site are divided into two main groups, unglazed and glazed. The unglazed varieties are decorated with carved, pressed, molded, stamped, and combined designs. Glazed varieties include single-colored and multi-colored glazed. There are also several imported Chinese pottery in this collection, brought to Sirjan during trans-regional relations. Archaeological findings show that this area was established at the same time as the Qale'h Sang site in the 6th to 10th AH centuries of the Islamic era and was the connecting link of important commercial-economic routes to the central city of Sirjan.

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pazhoheshha-ye Bastan shenasi Iran

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 26 October 2023

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