Authors
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Department of Archaeology, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Archaeology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor, Archeology Department of Islamic Research Institute of Archaeology, Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism
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Member of the faculty of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, Center, Tehran, Iran
10.22084/nb.2023.23710.2305
Abstract
The site called the Temple of Anahita Kangavar is considered as one of the most significant sites in western Iran, which has always been of interest to historians and geographers of the Islamic period, European tourists, as well as archaeologists. The presence of a large stone building on this area has caused most of the attention of archaeologists to be directed to it. Therefore, other finds of the site, especially its painted glazed pottery, have been less researched. In this article, the number of 50 pieces of plain and painted glazed pottery of the site has been studied. These pieces, which were collected during the survey or exploration of the site in the past years, are now available in the pottery warehouse of the Anahita temple. Also, there is no information about their texture and exact location. The method of research on Islamic glazed pottery of this site is field-library method and questions were raised as follows: What are the characteristic types of painted glazed potteries studied in the site? The greatest variety and abundance of painted glazed potteries in the site are related to what time period? In this article, by studying plain and painted glazed pottery from the Islamic period in Kangavar site, it has been determined that most of them belong to the Islamic Middle Ages in the sixth to eighth centuries AH. These pieces of potteries include sprayed glazed pottery, black pen under turquoise glazed potteries, painted under clear glazed and Esgrafiato and champleve pottery. Also, a number of pottery pieces from the late Islamic period from the Safavid period onwards in the 10th to 13th centuries AH have been obtained. Also, the study of Islamic glazed pottery in this site showed that it was completely similarities with the tradition of pottery of the Islamic period in different sites of Hamadan region.
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