{"title":"An ethno-archaeological approach to the study of log: An ancient circular domestic installation in bent, the Iranian Baluchistan","authors":"Hossein Vahedi , Mahmood Heydarian","doi":"10.1016/j.ara.2023.100445","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study reports on the preliminary results of an ethnoarchaeological project and presents direct evidence for the use of log, that is, circular domestic installations. It, therefore, helps to better identify, understand and interpret such archaeological evidence. This study is based on ethnoarchaeological research in rural households in the Iranian Sistanian highlands. The conceptual framework of this research is based on ethnography and archaeology, which includes theoretical and methodological aspects of comparing ethnographic and archaeological data. The work is based in Bent; a small region located about 20 km northwest of Nikshahr in southcentral Sistan, Iran. Research focuses on various aspects of traditional building styles to identify and interpret the nature and development of the architecture of the ancient sedentary community in this part of Iran. Fieldwork includes archaeological surveys, interviews and direct ethnographic observations to document the log, utilizing circular domestic architecture to examine these activities in archaeological assemblages in the area.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51847,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Research in Asia","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100445"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Archaeological Research in Asia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235222672300017X","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study reports on the preliminary results of an ethnoarchaeological project and presents direct evidence for the use of log, that is, circular domestic installations. It, therefore, helps to better identify, understand and interpret such archaeological evidence. This study is based on ethnoarchaeological research in rural households in the Iranian Sistanian highlands. The conceptual framework of this research is based on ethnography and archaeology, which includes theoretical and methodological aspects of comparing ethnographic and archaeological data. The work is based in Bent; a small region located about 20 km northwest of Nikshahr in southcentral Sistan, Iran. Research focuses on various aspects of traditional building styles to identify and interpret the nature and development of the architecture of the ancient sedentary community in this part of Iran. Fieldwork includes archaeological surveys, interviews and direct ethnographic observations to document the log, utilizing circular domestic architecture to examine these activities in archaeological assemblages in the area.
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Archaeological Research in Asia presents high quality scholarly research conducted in between the Bosporus and the Pacific on a broad range of archaeological subjects of importance to audiences across Asia and around the world. The journal covers the traditional components of archaeology: placing events and patterns in time and space; analysis of past lifeways; and explanations for cultural processes and change. To this end, the publication will highlight theoretical and methodological advances in studying the past, present new data, and detail patterns that reshape our understanding of it. Archaeological Research in Asia publishes work on the full temporal range of archaeological inquiry from the earliest human presence in Asia with a special emphasis on time periods under-represented in other venues. Journal contributions are of three kinds: articles, case reports and short communications. Full length articles should present synthetic treatments, novel analyses, or theoretical approaches to unresolved issues. Case reports present basic data on subjects that are of broad interest because they represent key sites, sequences, and subjects that figure prominently, or should figure prominently, in how scholars both inside and outside Asia understand the archaeology of cultural and biological change through time. Short communications present new findings (e.g., radiocarbon dates) that are important to the extent that they reaffirm or change the way scholars in Asia and around the world think about Asian cultural or biological history.