The Petroglyphs of Qeshlagh in Hamadan Province, Western Iran

Yaghoub Mohamadifar; Esmail Hemati Azandaryani

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The Petroglyphs of Qeshlagh in Hamadan Province, Western Iran

Yaghoub Mohamadifar, Esmail Hemati Azandaryani

Published in International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 3, Issue 2)

Received: 9 April 2015 Accepted: 24 April 2015 Published: 9 June 2015

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Abstract

Qeshlagh is a region located in Hamadan Provence, Western Iran. The Petroglyphs of Qeshlagh is located 55 km to the south-east of Hamadan city, and 30 km from the town of Malayer in the north-west. Petroglyphs of Qeshlagh contain 70 motifs on the surface of 17 single flat boulders; these drawings have been formed on these stone pieces with rubbing, hammering or in few cases engraving techniques. The themes of the studied compositions include images of ibexes, dog's motifs and anthropomorphous ones and the most common motif is Ibexes. In addition, considering the existence of patina layers and effects of weathering on these petroglyphs, which made laboratory studies impossible, we cannot suggest an absolute dating for them.

Published in	International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ija.20150302.11
Page(s)	17-21
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Iran, Hamadan, Qeshlagh, Petroglyph

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Yaghoub Mohamadifar, Esmail Hemati Azandaryani. The Petroglyphs of Qeshlagh in Hamadan Province, Western Iran. Int J Archaeol. 2015;3(2):17-21. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20150302.11

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Yaghoub Mohamadifar

Department of Archaeology, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran
Esmail Hemati Azandaryani

Department of Archaeology, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran

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Yaghoub Mohamadifar, Esmail Hemati Azandaryani. The Petroglyphs of Qeshlagh in Hamadan Province, Western Iran. Int J Archaeol. 2015;3(2):17-21. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20150302.11

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