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Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi ( fa, صادق ملک شهميرزادی) (24 April 1940 - 12 October 2020) was an
Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...
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 ...
and
anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...
.


Career

Shahmirzadi is the author of over 60 research articles and books. Shahmirzadi's book, ''Dictionary of Archeology English-Persian-Persian-English,'' published in 1997, is still in print.
Tepe Sialk Tepe Sialk ( fa, تپه سیلک) is a large ancient archeological site (a ''tepe'', "hill, tell (archaeology), tell") in a suburb of the city of Kashan, Isfahan Province, in central Iran, close to Fin Garden. The culture that inhabited this area ...
is reportedly one of the most important prehistoric excavations in Iran, and a team of Iranian archaeologists led by Shahmirzadi launched the Sialk Reconsideration Project in 1999. In 2004, the Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency reported that, "Iranian archeologists planned to identify the food basket and diet of the people who lived in the historical site of
Sialk Tepe Sialk ( fa, تپه سیلک) is a large ancient archeological site (a ''tepe'', "hill, tell") in a suburb of the city of Kashan, Isfahan Province, in central Iran, close to Fin Garden. The culture that inhabited this area has been linked to ...
over 7,000 years ago," and "Shahmirzadi, discoverer of the ziggurat, ashead of the research team." Speaking at the
Bolaghi Gorge Tangeh Bolāghi, also transliterated as ''Tange-ye Bolāghi'' ( fa, تنگه بلاغی), or Bolāghi Gorge, is an archaeologically significant valley consisting of 130 ancient settlements, dating back to the period between 5000 BCE and the Sassani ...
Seminar held on Jan. 20, 2007 in
Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, Shahmirzadi said,
Until some 40 years ago, people did not show much interest toward archeological sites and the issue of cultural heritage was somehow unknown but today we are witnessing such a large gathering with the presence of a large number of experts and
NGOs A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...
who show great concern for preserving cultural heritage of Iran and their heart is beating for Bolaghi Gorge as a historical and national heritage site.
"The...inundation of
Sivand Dam Sivand Dam is a dam built in 2007 in Fars Province, Iran. Dr. Michael D. Danti of
Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
's Department of Archaeology thanked "Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi for involving me in his research project at Tepe Sialk."


Bibliography (partial list)

* 1978, ''Introduction to Sociology'' (in Persian). * 1994, ''Fundamental of Archaeology, Prehistoric Iran, Prehistoric Mesopotamia and Art and Archeology of Ancient Egypt'' (in Persian). * 1996, ''English for Student of Archeology''. * 1996, ''Dictionary of Archaeology English-Persian-Persian-English''. () * 1996, ''Iranian Houses''. * 1998, ''History of Early Iran'' (in Persian); co-authors with Dr. M. Haririan, Dr. J. Amoozgar, and N. Mirsaidi. (Fifth printing 2006). * 1999, ''Prehistoric Iran''; Iran From The Earliest Times to the Dawn of Urbanism. * 2000, ''Agh Tepe''; co-author with Jebraeil Nokandeh. * 2004, ''The Silversmiths of
Sialk Tepe Sialk ( fa, تپه سیلک) is a large ancient archeological site (a ''tepe'', "hill, tell") in a suburb of the city of Kashan, Isfahan Province, in central Iran, close to Fin Garden. The culture that inhabited this area has been linked to ...
'' (in Persian). () * 2006, ''
Sialk Tepe Sialk ( fa, تپه سیلک) is a large ancient archeological site (a ''tepe'', "hill, tell") in a suburb of the city of Kashan, Isfahan Province, in central Iran, close to Fin Garden. The culture that inhabited this area has been linked to ...
, The Oldest Fortified Village of Iran''; Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, Tehran, Iran.


References

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