Shush
Dyson, Robert H., Jr. “Early Work on the Acropolis at Susa: The Beginning of Prehistory in Iraq and Iran.” Expedition 10, no. 4 (Summer 1968): 21–34. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/early-works-on-the-acropolis-at-susa/.
de Morgan, F.M.R. Kadeh va Shush [The Temple and Susa]. Translated by Ali Mohammad Foroughi. 5th printing. Tehran: [Publisher indicated by the official seal/logo], 1484 [2005–2006]. Digital edition, PDF.Tarikhema.org (Historical e-Books).
Dyson, Robert H., Jr. “Early Works on the Acropolis at Susa: The Beginning of Prehistory in Iraq and Iran.” Expedition 10, no. 4 (Summer 1968). Penn Museum digital edition. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/early-works-on-the-acropolis-at-susa/.
Elam History
Hinz, Walther. Donyā-ye Gomshodeh-ye ʿElām [The Lost World of Elam]. Translated by Fīrūz Fīrūznīyā. Tehran: Enteshārāt-e ʿElmī va Farhangī, 1396 [2017–2018].
Chogha Zanbil
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Ghirshman, R. Tchoga Zanbil (Dur-Untash). Volume I: La Ziggurat. Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran, Tome XXXIX. Mission de Susiane. Paris: Geuthner, 1966.
Cheshmeh Ali (Ray)
Schmidt, Erich F. Rayy Excavation Log Books – 1934 Season: Excavation Log: Cheshmeh Ali. Uploaded by Mehdi Eshraqi. Accessed March 12, 2026. https://www.researchgate.net/publication
Wong, Edna H., Cameron A. Petrie, and Hassan Fazeli Nashli. “Cheshmeh Ali Ware: A Petrographic and Geochemical Study of a Transitional Chalcolithic Period Ceramic Industry on the Northern Central Plateau of Iran.” Iran 48, no. 1 (2010): 11–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/05786967.2010.11864770
Matney, Timothy. “Re-excavating Cheshmeh Ali.” Expedition 37, no. 2 (1995). Penn Museum digital edition. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/re-excavating-cheshmeh-ali/.
Archaeology General
[Author Unknown]. Eighty Years of Iranian Archaeology. 14 pages. Accessed March 12, 2026. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
Mousavi Bojnourdi, Kazem (Seyyed Mohammad Kazem), general editor. Tārīkh-e Jāmeʿ-e Īrān [Comprehensive History of Iran]. 20 vols. Tehran: Markaz-e Dāʾerat al-Maʿāref-e Bozorg-e Eslāmī (Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia), 1394 [2015–2016]. With scientific editors for the ancient period: Ḥasan Reżāʾī Bāghbīdī and Maḥmūd Jaʿfarī Dehqī; for the Islamic period: Ṣādiq Sajjādī.
Schmidt, Erich F. Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940.
Curtis, John. Iran Kohan [Ancient Iran]. Translated by Khashayar Bahari. Digital PDF edition (110 pages). PDF.Tarikhema.org (Historical e-Books).
Iran Az Aghaz ta Islam [Iran from the Beginning to Islam]. Digital PDF edition (544 pages). PDF.Tarikhema.org (Historical e-Books).
History of Early Iran
Cameron, George G. History of Early Iran. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936. Digital PDF edition (278 pages). PDF.Tarikhema.org (Historical e-Books).
Shahdad
Nezafati, Nima. “A Review of the Geology and Mineral Resources of Dasht‑e Lut and Their Importance on Ancient Mining.” In Prehistoric Cultures at the Periphery of the Lut Desert: On the Basis of the Iran National Museum Collections, edited by Mohammad Hossein Azizi Kharanaghi, Fereidoun Biglari, Omolbanin Ghafouri, and Jebreil Nokandeh, 83–92. First edition. Tehran: National Museum of Iran, May 2017.
Azizi Kharanaghi, Mohammad Hossein, Fereidoun Biglari, Omolbanin Ghafouri, and Jebreil Nokandeh, eds. Prehistoric Cultures at the Periphery of the Lut Desert: On the Basis of the Iran National Museum Collections. Tehran: National Museum of Iran, 2017.
“Bronze Age Hunting in the Forest Steppe: An Examination of the Painted Panel at Takke Rock-Shelter, Bojnord.” Journal of Archaeological Studies (JARCS) 12, no. 4 (2020): 23–45. Digital PDF edition. PDF.Tarikhema.org (Historical e-Books).
Tale-E Malyan (Anshan)
Carter, Elizabeth, with contributions by Ken Deaver, Naomi Miller, and Chandra Reedy; architectural drawings and reconstructions by W. Patrick Finnerty and Elizabeth Carter. Excavations at Anshan (Tal‑e Malyan): The Middle Elamite Period. University Museum Monograph 82, Malyan Excavation Reports 2. Philadelphia: University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1996.
Sumner, William M. 1976. Malyan. 18 pages. Manuscript. Accessed March 12, 2026. https://www.researchgate.net/publication
Shahr-i Sokhta
Vidale, Massimo. “A ‘Priest King’ at Shahr-i Sokhta? Some Images of Potr̥, ‘Priests’ as Dhāvaḍa ‘Smelters’.” Indus Script Hypertexts. Accessed March 12, 2026. https://www.harappa.com/content/priest-king-shahr-i-sokhta
Ascalone, Enrico, and Seyyed Mansur Seyyed Sajjadi, eds. Excavations and Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta 2. Tehran: Pishin Pajouh (Studies and Publications Institute, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research), 2022.
Ascalone, Enrico, and Pier Francesco Fabbri. “Demographic Considerations Regarding the Settlement and Necropolis of Shahr-i Sokhta.” In Excavations and Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta 2, edited by Enrico Ascalone and Seyyed Mansur Seyyed Sajjadi, 523–54. Tehran: Pishin Pajouh (University of Salento and Iranian Center for Archaeological Research), 2022.
Tepe Zagheh
Moghimi, Niloufar, and Hassan Fazeli Nashli. “An Archaeological Study on the Tokens of Tepe Zagheh, Qazvin Plain, Iran.” International Journal of the Society of Iranian Archaeologists 1, no. 1–2 (2015): 30–42. https://sites.utexas.edu/dsb/files/2015/04/nilufar.pdf
Tepe Hissar Damghan
Cameron, George G. History of Early Iran. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936. https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1181&context=amar
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Chogha Bonut
Kantor, Helene J. “Chogha Mish and Chogha Bonut.” The Oriental Institute Annual Report 1980–1981. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1981, 25–26.
Alizadeh, Abbas, with contributions by Naomi F. Miller, Richard W. Redding, and Arlene Miller Rosen. Excavations at the Prehistoric Mound of Chogha Bonut, Khuzestan, Iran: Seasons 1976/77, 1977/78, and 1996. Oriental Institute Publications 120. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003. xxxii + 159 pp.
Chogha Mish
Kantor, Helene J. “Chogha Mish and Chogha Bonut.” The Oriental Institute Annual Report 1980–1981. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1981, 25–26.
Kantor, Helene J. “Chogha Mish and Chogha Bonut.” The Oriental Institute Annual Report 1980–1981. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1981, 25–26.
Kantor, Helene J. “Chogha Mish.” The Oriental Institute Annual Report 1978–1979. Chicago: Oriental Institute, 1979, 34–37.
Kantor, Helene J. “Excavations at Chogha Mish.” The Oriental Institute Annual Report 1974–1975. Chicago: Oriental Institute, 1975, 28–33.
Alizadeh, Abbas. Ancient Mound of Chogha Mish. January 2004. ResearchGate. Accessed March 12, 2026. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309153992_Ancient_Mound_of_Chogha_Mish
Stratigraphy of Early Iran
McCown, Donald E. Stratigraphy of Early Iran. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, no. 23. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1942.
Excavations at Chogha Mish and Boneh Fazili in Khuzestan, Iran
Kantor, Helene J. “Excavations at Chogha Mish and Boneh Fazili in Khuzestan, Iran.” In Excavations at Chogha Mish, edited by Pinhas P. Delougaz and Helene J. Kantor. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1976.
The Rise of the Highland Elamite State in Southwestern Iran: Enclosed or Enclosing Nomadism?
Alizadeh, Abbas Alizadeh. “The Rise of the Highland Elamite State in Southwestern Iran: ‘Enclosed’ or Enclosing Nomadism?” Current Anthropology 51, no. 3 (June 2010): 353–383. https://doi.org/10.1086/652437.
Delougaz, Pinhas, and Helene J. Kantor. Chogha Mish. Vol. I, The First Five Seasons of Excavations, 1961–1971. Part 1: Text. Edited by Abbas Alizadeh. Oriental Institute Publications 101. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1996.
Delougaz, Pinhas, and Helene J. Kantor. Chogha Mish. Vol. I, The First Five Seasons of Excavations, 1961–1971. Part 2: Plates. Edited by Abbas Alizadeh. Oriental Institute Publications 101. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1996.
Tall-i Bakun
Nishiaki, Yoshihiro. Tall-i Bakun A, Marv Dasht Plain, Iran. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. https://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoukoga/Marv_Dasht_Plain/about.php
Tepe Yahya
Beale, Thomas Wight, and Sarah M. Carter. “On the Track of the Yahya Large Kuš: Evidence for Architectural Planning in the Period IVC Complex at Tepe Yahya.” Paléorient 9, no. 1 (1983): 81–88. https://doi.org/10.3406/paleo.1983.4333.
Tepe Hajji Firuz
Lamberg-Karlovsky, C. C., ed. Excavations at Tepe Yahya, Iran, 1967–1975. Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1989.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rxuO4GhtQKiq65auCuW9sFBReUJoqyug/view
Gang Dareh
Hole, Frank. “Interactions Between Western Iran and Mesopotamia From the 9th-4th Millennia B.C.” Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies 1, no. 1 (2011): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.22111/ijas.2011.392.
Hole, Frank, Kent V. Flannery, and James A. Neely. Prehistory and Human Ecology of the Deh Luran Plain: An Early Village Sequence from Khuzistan, Iran. Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, No. 1. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1969. Digital PDF edition (519 pages, “Ganj Dareh Prehistory and human ecology of the Deh Luran Plain”), PDF.Tarikhema.org (Historical e-Books).
Smith, Philip E. L. “Iran, 9000-4000 B.C.: The Neolithic.” Expedition 13, no. 3–4 (1971). Penn Museum digital edition. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/iran-9000-4000-b-c/.
Tepe Hassanalu
“Digging in Iran: The Hassanalu (Hasanlu) Expedition.” Expedition magazine (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology). Digital HTML edition. PDF.Tarikhema.org (Historical e-Books).