Dynamic Interplay In The Iranian Highlands
In Searching For Anthropogenic Landscapes
16–18 December 2025
Online Conference
16–18 December 2025
Online Conference
| CET | Tehran | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00–10:15 | 12:30–12:45 | Sign-in |
| 10:15–10:30 | 12:45–13:00 | Brief Welcome & Introduction — Z. Zehbari and A. Noroozi |
| 10:30–10:50 | 13:00–13:20 | Amir Ahmadpour and Nader Alidadi Soleimani Settlement Ecology on the Guask-e Chughan Alluvial Fan (Boluk Plain, Southeastern Iran): Sector-Specific Niches and Long-Term Settlement Dynamics |
| 10:50–11:00 | 13:20–13:30 | Q&A |
| 11:00–11:20 | 13:30–13:50 | Hosein Ramzanpour, Elham Ghasidian, Saman H. Guran The Palaeolithic Survey in Mehrabanroud Valley, Eastern Alborz Mountains, Iran |
| 11:20–11:30 | 13:50–14:00 | Q&A |
| 11:30–11:50 | 14:00–14:20 | Ramin Yashmi Beyond What Survives: Bias-Aware Neolithic Settlement Patterns in the Western Karkheh Region |
| 11:50–12:00 | 14:20–14:30 | Q&A |
| 12:00–13:00 | 14:30–15:30 | Break |
Chair: Zahra Hashemi |
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| 13:00–13:20 | 15:30–15:50 | Salah Salimi The Ancient Iron Production Landscape in Northwestern Iran |
| 13:20–13:30 | 15:50–16:00 | Q&A |
| 13:30–13:50 | 16:00–16:20 | Assef Noroozi Between Algorithm and Landscape: Rethinking Computational Archaeology through Field-Based Reality in Central-Western Iran |
| 13:50–14:00 | 16:20–16:30 | Q&A |
| 14:00–14:20 | 16:30–16:50 | Zeinab Hadi-Dastjerdi Architectural Fortifications of the Bavanat Valley during the Sassanian and Early Islamic Periods |
| 14:20–14:30 | 16:50–17:00 | Q&A |
| 14:30–14:50 | 17:00–17:20 | Nemat Hariri, Nima Nezafati, Judith Thomalsky, Faezeh Barzegar, Mohsen Ranjbaran, Saman H. Guran Lithic Raw Material Procurement and Economic Strategies among the Palaeolithic Occupations in the Kermanshah Plain, West-Central Zagros Mountains of Iran |
| 14:50–15:00 | 17:20–17:30 | Q&A |
| Day Wrap-up |
| CET | Tehran | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00–10:15 | 12:30–12:45 | Sign-in |
| 10:15–10:20 | 12:45–12:50 | Introduction to the Panel — Z. Zehbari and A. Noroozi |
| 10:20–10:40 | 12:50–13:10 | Angela Noseda, Camille Daujeard, Fabrice Bray, Xavier Gallet, Antoine Zazzo, Fereidoun Biglari, Marjan Mashkour Prey–predator interactions in the Zagros Mountains: taphonomic study of the large mammal assemblage from the Wezmeh Cave (Late Pleistocene–Holocene) |
| 10:40–10:50 | 13:10–13:20 | Q&A |
| 10:50–11:10 | 13:20–13:40 | Soheil Salamat Dalma in Detail: A Techno-Social Characterization of Dalma Tradition in NW Iran |
| 11:10–11:20 | 13:40–13:50 | Q&A |
| 11:20–11:40 | 13:50–14:10 | Parisa Naseri Shell Vessel from Susa: Evidence of Ritual and Exchange in the Bronze Age |
| 11:40–11:50 | 14:10–14:20 | Q&A |
| 11:50–12:50 | 14:20–15:20 | Break |
Chair: Judith Thomalsky |
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| 12:50–13:10 | 15:20–15:40 | Faezeh Dadfar Anshan at the Crossroads: Transmission of Artistic Ideas across the Iranian Highlands |
| 13:10–13:20 | 15:40–15:50 | Q&A |
| 13:20–13:40 | 15:50–16:10 | Saeed Baghizadeh, Rouhollah Yousefi Zoshk Power, Identity, and Human Landscapes of Highland–Lowland Interactions in the Proto-Elamite Period |
| 13:40–13:50 | 16:10–16:20 | Q&A |
| 13:50–14:10 | 16:20–16:40 | Ali Khayani Local Political Strategies and the Development of Administrative and Political Institutions in the Central Zagros (ca. 3300–2500 BCE) |
| 14:10–14:20 | 16:40–16:50 | Q&A |
| 14:20–14:40 | 16:50–17:10 | Rasha Elendari Rethinking Colonial Narratives at Godin Tepe: New Evidence for an Indigenous Highland Hub in the Late Fourth Millennium BC |
| 14:40–14:50 | 17:10–17:20 | Q&A |
| Day Wrap-up |
| CET | Tehran | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00–10:15 | 12:30–12:45 | Sign-in |
| 10:15–10:20 | 12:45–12:50 | Introduction to the Panel — Z. Zehbari and A. Noroozi |
| 10:20–10:40 | 12:50–13:10 | Samran Asiabani, Mohammad Masoumian, Janoscha Kreppner Mapping Qanat Networks from KH-9 HEXAGON Imagery: A Line-Aware Deep-Learning Workflow for Landscape Archaeology |
| 10:40–10:50 | 13:10–13:20 | Q&A |
| 10:50–11:10 | 13:20–13:40 | Marzieh Sharbaf From Aerial Photographs to Historical Texts: Reconstructing Hydraulic Landscape of the Jarrāhī River Basin and Shādegān Wetland in the Lower Khuzestan Plain |
| 11:10–11:20 | 13:40–13:50 | Q&A |
| 11:20–11:40 | 13:50–14:10 | Giuseppe Labisi, Sarvenaz Parsa, Stefan R. Hauser Hydraulic Landscapes and Fire Temples/Chahartaq: the example of Konār Siyāh (Fars, Iran) |
| 11:40–11:50 | 14:10–14:20 | Q&A |
| 11:50–12:30 | 14:20–15:00 | Thomas Stöllner Shaping Each Other: Perspectives on the Interplay Between Humans and Lands in the Premodern Iranian Highlands |
| 12:30–13:00 | 15:00–15:30 | Final discussion and conference closing — Z. Zehbari and A. Noroozi |