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Article Dans Une Revue Near Eastern Archaeology Année : 2012

TAL-E KHANDAGH (“MOATED MOUND”): A Military Structure in Ancient Fars

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The ancient province of Fars in southern Iran was the home of a number of capital cities over several dynasties. The present article introduces archaeological monuments known as tal-e khandaghs, so named because of the presence of a deep moat that invariably surrounds a substantial rampart. The tal-e khandagh at Sar Mashhad, which Trümpelmann interpreted as a tower of silence, is the earliest of these structures. In a survey carried out in 2007 between Bishapur, Borazjan, and Firouzabad, the author identified and studied a number of similar structures and came to the conclusion that they probably functioned as defensive military installations.
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halshs-03772873 , version 1 (07-02-2023)

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Parsa Ghasemi. TAL-E KHANDAGH (“MOATED MOUND”): A Military Structure in Ancient Fars. Near Eastern Archaeology, 2012, 75 (4), pp.240 - 251. ⟨10.5615/neareastarch.75.4.0240⟩. ⟨halshs-03772873⟩
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