tailieunhanh - Possible sources of iron in hassanlu, Iran

In Iran several arguments have been established for introducing Iron, possibly till the definite research has not been established it is not possible to say with certain. In this article by WLXRF spectroscopy which has been done on the Iron object which has been discovered in Hassanlu to suggest some possible sources for it. | Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology June 2014, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 93-108 ISSN: 2334-2420 (Print), 2334-2439 (Online) Copyright © The Author(s). 2014. All Rights Reserved. Published by American Research Institute for Policy Development Possible Sources of Iron in Hassanlu, Iran Narges Heidare1 and Mojtaba Safari2 Abstract Iron Age has been playing an important role in the history of mankind, by introducing Iron, societies have been expended and political power has been established. In Iran several arguments have been established for introducing Iron, possibly till the definite research has not been established it is not possible to say with certain. In this article by WLXRF spectroscopy which has been done on the Iron object which has been discovered in Hassanlu to suggest some possible sources for it. Keywords: Iron, Hassanlu, Iron Age, WLXRF Introduction Geographical condition of Hassanlu site Many archaeological site belong to Iron Age has been found. Among these sites in North West of Iran, Site of Hassanlu () has been situated in North West of Iran in the south of Uremia Lake. This site which is situated on the central hills of the region is 25 meter above the plain3. Site has been excavated first time in 1933 by archaeological survey of Iran which after several season works, famous golden cups has been found. 1 PhD student, Dept of Archaeology, Mazandaran University, Babol-sar, Iran. E-mail: 2 Nima Higher education institute, Dept of Archaeology, Mazandaran, Iran. 3 .Dyson 1965: 183 94 Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology, Vol. 2(1), June 2014 Site has been continuously excavated till 1970 by foreign and Iranian scholars who were head of mission by Dayson4. Site had been occupied from 6000 BC till Sasanian period, which layers of V and IV are belonging to Iron Age5. Spread of Iron Technology About the spreading of iron technology there are different opinions among scholars, lack of written document about Iron .