Omran GARAZHIAN
(Neyashabour University, Iran)
Keywords: Northeastern Iran- Landescape archaeology- engagement- field survey
Abstract:
Damghani is an archaeological site located in southwestern Sabzevar, a city of northeastern Iran. In the recent 20 years, the extension of the city has caused the site destruction. Both the site and the city have been established on a mild slope causing the permanent replacement of water flows. Somehow, such a natural occurrence has made the replacement of population and as a result the layers of Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron ages. Conducting three seasons of surface surveys and soundings, the uninterrupted replacement of the population and layers was represented and documented.
As a result of the natural processes, 125 centimeter is the maximum height of the site showing the horizontal reposition and scattering of the layers dating from the late Bronze Age (Margiana-Bactaria).
Indeed, rather than only focusing on deep past, we have gathered the modern evidences of recent lives on the site of the villagers bad settlers. Damghani project is willing to find a way in purpose of being engaged to both the contemporary people and the ancient ones the same. In the project, we were aiming to join the archaeological, preservation methods with engagement to the modern world in form of finding new ways in order to improving the settlers’ lives.
In the talk, referring to the problems of working on a site with horizontal extension, the author will present the process of studying Damghani according to “landscape archaeology”. Also, the process of directing the archaeological field methods on a site located in a marginal area on which lower economic statues live and cultivate will be discussed.