نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
پژوهشکده باستان شناسی، پژوهشگاه میراث فرهنگی و گردشگری
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
One of the humans big concerns is death. Death and the rituals associated with it have created enduring traditions in human societies, and each society has its own unique encounter with death based on its cultural and historical characteristics. One of the important traditions regarding death is the various burial methods. Various rituals and religions recommend different commands and traditions for the disposal of a deceased person's body, with one of these methods being burial in the ground. Burial methods differ in different religions, and throughout history, various methods of burial have been performed based on the prevalent rituals and religions of that time. In the Zoroastrian religion, due to the reverence for the four elements (water, earth, fire, and air), any direct contact with a human corpse, which is considered impure, is forbidden. Followers of the Zoroastrian faith have adopted various methods for burying their deceased, including placing them in astudan (ossuary), towers of silence, and constructing large stone graves (dakhmas/ cairn burials). This paper introduces the cairn burials (khereft-khaneh) and an astudan that were recognized during the archaeological survey of Harat district of Yazd province in 2021. In the archaeological survey of the Harat district, various cultural and historical sites from different periods were identified. Most of the identified sites in this survey are belonging to the Islamic era historical structures, but some are belonging to historical period, such as cairn burials and an astudan (ossuary), were also identified and will be discussed. Based on comparative studies and similar burial methods found in central Iran, Fars, and Kerman, these sites are dated back to the historical period (Parthian/Sassanid).
کلیدواژهها [English]
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