ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands

Kristina A Franke is a postdoctoral researcher at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, and an associate of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum and the University of New England, Australia. She received her doctorate in archaeology and archaeometallurgy at UCL, London, having studied Near Eastern Archaeology, Semitic Languages, and Prehistory and Early History at the Ludwig Maximilian Universität, München and The Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials at UCL, London.She took part in excavations and surveys in Anatolia, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and Germany. Her current research focuses on ancient metallurgy in Iran as part of the Mining Regions of the Central Plateau project, which is part of the DFG Priority Programme 2176 The Iranian Highlands. Her major interests are pyrotechnologies and production processes, modes and patterns of exchange, the significance of craft in ancient societies and methods in archaeometry. Her research focuses predominantly on ancient south-west Asia.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2397-1462 Thomas Stöllner holds the Chair for Pre- and Protohistory at the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and directs the Research Department and the Department of Mining Archaeology at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM). His main area of research is the social and economic development of mining communities throughout pre- and protohistory with a focus on mining, the archaeometry of mining, and the archaeology of technology and social interrelations with the aid of studies in settlements and graveyards.His research spans from Old World archaeology, including Central and Eastern Europe, to the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central Asia, as well as South America.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-3632 Nima Nezafati studied geology and mineralogy at the University of Shahid Beheshti and the Research Institute for Earth Sciences in Tehran, as well as mineralogy at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. He received his doctorate from the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Tübingen on the Deh Hossein ore deposit. He has been Deputy Head of the Archaeometallurgy Research Department at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum since the end of 2020, while he has been appointed as Honorary Professor at Ruhr University Bochum since 2023.He specialises in the deposits of Iran and West Asia, and their role in the development of early raw material extraction and metallurgy. He is the author of Au-Sn-W-Cu-Mineralization in the Astaneh-Sarband Area, West Central Iran (2006, https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/10900/48972), and a co-author in: On Salt, Copper and Gold: The Origins of Early Mining and Metallurgy in the Caucasus (2021). Moslem Mishmastnehi is an archaeologist, with a background in cultural heritage conservation, working on various interdisciplinary topics. He has conducted extensive research on the history of Persian windmills and the production of their millstones, using both archaeological and archaeometric methods.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4219-6027

• The Appropriation and Integration of Resources in Premodern Societies in the Iranian Highlands: An IntroductionKristina A Franke, Thomas Stöllner, Nima Nezafati, Moslem Mishmastnehi, and Martin KehlPart I: Fundamentals of a specific environment: climate, vegetation, soils and land-use, and potentials and practices in wind and water useI-1 Soil Resources as Determinants of Archaeological Site Location in IranMartin Kehl, Babak Rafiei-Alavi, Zahra Lorzadeh, Yaser JebreiliI-2 Hydro-Political Borders and Division of Space in the History of IranMajid Labbaf Khaneiki, Abdullah Saif Al-GhafriI-3 Holocene ecological changes in the Shahrizor Plain, Northern Iraq. New results from a plant macro studyManfred Rösch, Eileen Eckmeier, Anette Kadereit, Elena Marinova, Maria Rabbani, Simone MühlI-4 Soil and Society. Multifaceted Character of Soil as a ResourceZahra Lorzadeh, Babak Rafiei Alavi Alavijeh, Martin Kehl, Haeedeh LalehI-5 From Prosperity to Jeopardy. The Cultural Footprint of the 120-Day Wind in SistanMoslem MishmastnehiI-6 Analysis of Wind in Nishtafun Windmills. An Empirical SimulationMohammadjavad MahdavinejadI-7 Windcatcher. A Green Solution from Ancient Persian Vernacular Architecture for the Present EraPayam Nejat, Fatemeh JomehzadehI-8 The resource water, climate change, and resilience at DouzlākhNatascha Bagherpour Kashani, Nicole Boenke, Rainer HerdPart II: Appropriation and utilisation of raw materials and miningII-1 Ancient Mining and Metallurgical Studies in Iran. Challenges and Future PerspectivesNima Nezafati, Morteza Momenzedah, Thomas Stöllner, Prentiss de Jesus, Vincent C. Pigott, Ernst Pernicka, Barbara Helwing, Kamran AhmadiII-2 Mining at the Fringes. Mineral Resource-Procurement at the Iranian Highlands between Traditional Practices and State-ControlThomas Stöllner, Abolfazl Aali, Iman Mostafapour, Nima Nezafati, Hande Oezyarkent, Fabian Schapals, Hamed ZifarII-3 Bronze Age Mining and Husbandry. Isotopic Analysis of Domestic Animal Mobility in Iranian Highlands and Central AsiaHande Özyarkent, Thomas StöllnerII-4 Ancient Mining and Settlement at the “Modern” Lead-Silver Mine of Shakin, NW Central Iran. A Preliminary ApproachFabian Schapals, Iman Mostafapour, Hamzeh Karimi, Nima Nezafati, Behnam Ghanbari, Thomas StöllnerII-5 Mobility and Resource Management. The Mining Landscape of Nishapur in the Islamic PeriodZahra Lorzadeh, Haeedeh LalehII-6 Recent Studies on Technology and Provenance of Tin Bronze Metallurgy on the Prehistoric Iranian PlateauOmid Oudbashi