Depositional Practices at the Natural Sanctuary of Veshnaveh, Central Iran: Jewellery and Watery Caves

by Natascha Bagherpour Kashani

Between 2000 and 2005 alongside their Iranian colleagues, the team from the German Mining Museum examined the prehistoric copper-mining area located close to the village of Veshnaveh in the mountains of central Iran. Two mines, Chale Ghar 1 and 2, which had been hollowed out by copper-mining activities, had been filled with the water from melting snow. There objects were uncovered unrelated to prehistoric mining activities: among them were ceramics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 386757040X
• ISBN13: 9783867570404
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Verlag Marie Leidorf
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 17.87 lbs.