Anthropological Explanation of Eurasian Warrior Nomadic Communities in Northern and Northwestern Iran Based on Archaeological Burial Material Culture

Afzali, Seyyed Iman; Iravani Ghadim, Farshid; Chaychi Amir Khiz, Ahmad

Anthropological Explanation of Eurasian Warrior Nomadic Communities in Northern and Northwestern Iran Based on Archaeological Burial Material Culture

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Seyyed Iman Afzali ¹

farshid iravani ghadim ²

ahmad chaychi amir khiz ³

¹ phd student of archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Faculty of Science and Research, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Archeology, Isfahan University of Arts

³ Archaeological Research Center, Research Institute of Cultural heritage and Tourism, Tehran, IRAN

Abstract

In the study of the migration route of Eurasian immigrant warrior ethnics from east to west and in order to recognize the cultural characteristics of these ethnics in the north and northwest of Iran, their characteristic burial culture that is called Kurgani burial culture is evaluated and identified in the area assigned for investigation. Due to clarify the presence of these Eurasian nomadic warrior ethnics, the following questions have been designed: What are the basic cultural findings on which can we explain the presence of nomadic ethnics of Eurasian steppe in Iran? In how many types the kurgans of north and northwest of Iran can be structurally identifiable? On what basis can their subsistent economy be existed?
in order to answer these questions, we analyzed Kurgans and their role in the Transregional cultural relations and have used an analytical fundamental method. Recognizing to the ambiguities of the presence of these ethnics in the area, we have focused on examining the typology of kurgans as a merely characteristic of these ethnics burial architecture and compared them among neighboring cultural basins. On the basis of the derived data, the role of Kurgans in the life of these ethnics and in their regional and transregional relationship came under analysis

Keywords

: nomadic warrior ethnics of Eurasia

north and northwest of Iran

burial

Kurgan