Tomb-e Kharg: A significant Seleucid/ Parthian site in Roudbar Plain within Halil Rud Basin, Southeastern Iran

Archaeologically, the Roudbar plain is one of the richest and most outstanding regions in the south east of Iran. Tomb-e Kharg, is the largest site in this region. The site is a multi-period one, but based on the surface material, the main settlement belongs to the historical period. Some things remain unknown about these periods in south-eastern Iran and lack of any reference to them in the authentic authorities, makes this region necessary to be aimed of a particularly urgent archeological research as an underlying and reliable reference. To do this, a topographic map of the mound, as well as the grid map was laid out, in which the region was divided into ۱۰×۱۰m۲ regions. By means of simple random sampling method, ۱۰% of the squares were then sampled. In the light of the study on the collected cultural material, the main settlement dates back to periods ranging from the first millennium BC up to the ۸th or ۹th AD centuries. Moreover, there are some items of painted grey ware, suggesting that this mound leads back to ۳th millennium BC.

کلیدواژه ها:

Southeastern Iran ، Roudbar ، Tomb-e Kharg ، Pottery ، Archaeological Survey ، Historical Period ، واژگان کلیدی: شهرستان رودبار جنوب ، تمب خرگ ، بررسی باستان­شناختی ، سفال ، دوره­ی تاریخی