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Abstract

The presence of the burials across Posht-e-Kuh of Luristan in western Iran, belonging to the periods from the early Bronze-Age to the Iron-Age III, has been attested by the excavations carried out in the region after 1965. Based on investigation upon more than 600 graves, the Iron-Age’s material culture is most recognized among the others. In this research we have made an attempt to elaborate part of the evidence to clarify some correlated aspects such as grave structuring and burial objects and traditions during the mentioned period. On this ground one may infer that there has been a continuum from the burial traditions of the Bronze-Age to those of the Iron- Age. The essay includes three sections. First, it describes the burials of the sites so called “Bard- e- Baal” “Waer Kabude” and “Cheshmeh Shmamah” and their contents. In the second section we will architecturally glimpse the graves of the 1st half of the 1st millennium B.C., and finally we refer to the characteristics of the 1St millennium B.C.’s burials in Luristan.

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