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Archaeology and Pre‐Islamic Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

B.A. Litvinsky
B.A. Litvinsky*
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Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow
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Encyclopaedia Iranica is a Unique Work. Prof. Ehsan Yarshater and his colleagues have performed a colossal task in preparing and publishing volumes I-VIII. Archaeology, numismatics, pre-Islamic architecture, and art have all been dealt with comprehensively. I have divided the articles into the following groups: 1) Archaeology, architecture, and art; 2) archaeological periods; 3) material culture, architecture and art, and groups of artifacts; 4) monuments; and 5) varia. These articles were written by prominent specialists, many of whom participated personally in the excavations of the relevant monuments or examined them on site.

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Iranian Studies , Volume 31 , Issue 3-4: A Review of the “Encyclopaedia Iranica” , Summer Fall 1998, pp. 333 - 348
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Copyright © Association For Iranian Studies, Inc 1998

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