Mousavi Persepolis

Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61451-033-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 277 Seiten

presents the first full study of the history of archaeological exploration at Persepolis after its destruction in 330 BC. Based in part on archival evidence, anecdotal information, and unpublished documents, this book describes in detail the history of archaeological exploration, visual documentation, and excavations at one of the most celebrated sites of the ancient world. The book addresses a broad audience of readers ranging from students of the archaeology, history, and art history of ancient, medieval, and modern Iran to scholars in Classical Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history and archaeology of ancient Ir

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mousavi, Ali

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;8
2;List of figures and plates;12
3;Bibliographic abbreviations;20
4;Foreword by David Stronach;22
5;Introduction;28
6;I. Persepolis: A survey of the site, its chronology and function;34
6.1;The name;34
6.2;The city;35
6.3;The constructions on the Terrace;41
6.4;The constructions outside the Terrace;51
6.5;Problems of chronology;66
6.6;The architectural history;74
6.7;Function and other related problems;76
7;II. Persepolis in Flames;82
7.1;Textual evidence;82
7.2;Archaeological evidence;85
7.3;The burning of Persepolis: Facts, interpretations, and speculations;88
7.4;Subsequent destructions of Persepolis;95
8;III. From Parsa to Sad-Sotun: The Afterlife of Persepolis Begins;98
8.1;Persepolis in the “dark age” of Fars;98
9;IV. Takht-e Jamshid: The Transformation of a Historical Site into a Mythical Symbol;108
10;V. In search of Persepolis: Western travellers’ explorations in Persia;120
10.1;Early journeys to the ruins of Chelmenar;120
10.2;The travellers of the Enlightenment;126
10.3;VI Persepolis and the puzzle of the cuneiform inscriptions;138
10.4;The query about the inscriptions at Chelmenar: Chardin and the Royal Society of England;138
10.5;Niebuhr’s copies in Europe;142
10.6;Grotefend and the decipherment of the Persepolitan scripts;145
11;VII. The Nineteenth century and the emergence of archaeology;148
11.1;The hunt for knowledge and antiquities: British diplomats in quest of sculptures;148
11.2;Ker Porter, the romantic traveller;152
11.3;Other travellers’ explorations of Persepolis in early Qajar Iran;156
11.4;Illustrating Persepolis;158
11.5;Photographing Persepolis;162
11.6;Curzon and the first modern description of the ruins;171
11.7;Weld-Blundell’s exploration;174
12;VIII. Persepolis at the Dawn of Scientific Archaeology in Iran;180
12.1;Early steps in the archaeology of Iran: An overview;180
12.2;Persepolis in the early twentieth century;181
12.3;Erich Schmidt and the excavations at Persepolis (1935-1939);209
13;IX. Forty Years of Research and Restoration at Takht-e Jamshid: 1939-1979;218
13.1;Krefter and the model of Persepolis;224
13.2;Italian Restoration work and other surface studies at Persepolis 1964-1978;227
13.3;Tadjvidi and the excavation of the City of Parsa;231
14;Afterword;240
15;Bibliography;246
16;Index;258
17;Plates;264

Über Autor(innen)

Mousavi, Ali
Dr. Ali Mousavi forscht u. a. über die Archäologie des alten Iran und achämenidische Architektur an der University of California in Berkeley.

Ali Mousavi, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA.