INVESTIGATION OF SUPRA-REGIONAL RELATIONS OF QASR GOLCHEHREH AREA OF TORBAT-E JAM BASED ON COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORICAL POTTERY

Zohouriyan, Maryam; Rahmat Zadeh, Mahbobe

doi:10.22034/jsbs.2022.336887.1018

INVESTIGATION OF SUPRA-REGIONAL RELATIONS OF QASR GOLCHEHREH AREA OF TORBAT-E JAM BASED ON COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORICAL POTTERY

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors

Maryam Zohouriyan ¹

Mahbobe Rahmat Zadeh ²

¹ Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art, University of Birjand, Iran.

² M.A. student, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art, University of Birjand, Iran.

10.22034/jsbs.2022.336887.1018

Abstract

Qasr Golchehreh is one of the archaeological sites of Greater Khorasan in Jam Plain, 2 km southeast of Langar village, which has always been a suitable environment for settlements due to its favorable climatic and communication conditions. The presence of pottery and brick walls in this site points to richness and human settlements in this historical site. Unfortunately, so far, this site has just been identified and introduced in the list of historical monuments. Therefore, it is necessary to study this very important site in Torbat-e Jam plain, which has not been addressed so far, and also to determine the date of its settlement. Accordingly, in this research, which is carried out in a descriptive-analytical way, it has been attempted to answer the following research questions: 1- According to the Ceramic chronology, what period does this site belong to? 2- With which regions has it had the most cultural communications? Accordingly, after selecting the flagship pottery and conducting a typological and comparative study, the following results were obtained: The results of this study show that the pottery belonged to the Parthian and Sassanid periods and the Middle Islamic period. Most of the trans-regional connections of this region can be considered with the northeastern regions such as Dargaz, Sarakhskhs, Neyshabur and Tous, east with Birjand, and southeast with Sistan and Makran.

Keywords

Typology

pottery

Qasr Golchehreh

Torbat-e Jam

چکیده: دشت تربت‏ جام در شرق خراسان بزرگ، به دلیل خاک حاصلخیز و وجود دو رود مرزی و فصلی هریرود و جامرود و همچنین وجود شاخه‌هایی از جاده ابریشم در این منطقه، محل مناسبی برای استقرار مراکز فرهنگی در طول تاریخ بوده است. بنابراین مطالعه در این منطقه اطلاعات ارزشمندی در زمینه تاریخ اقتصادی، تجاری و حتی فرهنگی و هنری در اختیار پژوهشگران قرار می‌دهد. در این بین محوطه قصر گلچهره در 2 کیلومتری جنوب شرقی روستای لنگر در دشت تربت‏جام یکی از مناطق باستانی خراسان بزرگ است که به سبب برخورداری از شرایط اقلیمی و ارتباطی مناسب همواره محیطی مطلوب برای استقرار بوده است. وجود سفالینه‌ها و دیوارهای خشتی به جای مانده، نشان‌دهندة استقرارهای انسانی و غنای فرهنگی در این محوطه تاریخی است، اما متأسفانه تاکنون محوطه مذکور تنها در حد شناسایی و معرفی در فهرست آثار تاریخی باقی مانده است. بر این اساس، هدف از انجام این پژوهش که به شیوه توصیفی– تحلیلی انجام می‌پذیرد، پاسخ به این پرسش‌ها می‌باشد: 1- این محوطه در چه دوره‌ای دارای استقرار بوده است؟ و بیشترین بر همکنش فرهنگی این محوطه با کدام مناطق بوده است؟ براین اساس، پس از انتخاب سفالینه‌های شاخص و انجام مطالعات گونه‌شناسی و مطالعه تطبیقی مشخص شد که سفال‌ها متعلق به دوره‌های اشکانی، ساسانی و اسلامی میانه هستند و همچنین بیشترین ارتباطات فرامنطقه‌ای این محوطه را می‌توان با منطقة شمال‌شرقی ایران: درگز، سرخس، نیشابور و توس، منطقة شرق: بیرجند، و منطقة جنوب شرقی: سیستان و مکران مطرح نمود.

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