Abbas Alizadeh (born 1951) is an
Iranologist
Iranian studies ( fa, ايرانشناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...
and Persian
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
. Alizadeh is a senior research associate at the
Oriental Institute of
The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the be ...
, who works with the Iranian Prehistoric Project. He has supervised foreign teams of archaeologists working throughout Iran.
He is known for his investigations of
Chogha Bonut.
[Mullen, William]
PERSIAN CITY'S RUINS, RICHES FIND A HOME IN CHICAGO
''Chicago Tribune'', September 9, 2000
References
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- by Abbas Alizadeh, with contributions by N. F. Miller, A. M. Rosen, and R. W. Redding
External links
Iranian Prehistoric Project
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Iranian archaeologists
American Iranologists
Iranian Iranologists
American people of Iranian descent
Living people
1951 births