VIII. PERSEPOLIS AT THE DAWN OF SCIENTIFIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAN

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1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. LIST OF FIGURES AND PLATES xi
5. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ABBREVIATIONS xix
6. FOREWORD BY DAVID STRONACH xxi
7. INTRODUCTION 3
8. I. PERSEPOLIS: A SURVEY OF THE SITE, ITS CHRONOLOGY AND FUNCTION 9
9. II. PERSEPOLIS IN FLAMES 57
10. III. FROM PARSA TO SAD-SOTUN: THE AFTERLIFE OF PERSEPOLIS BEGINS 73
11. IV. TAKHT-E JAMSHID: THE TRANSFORMATION OF A HISTORICAL SITE INTO A MYTHICAL SYMBOL 83
12. V. IN SEARCH OF PERSEPOLIS: WESTERN TRAVELLERS’ EXPLORATIONS IN PERSIA 95
13. VI. PERSEPOLIS AND THE PUZZLE OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS 113
14. VII. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE EMERGENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY 123
15. VIII. PERSEPOLIS AT THE DAWN OF SCIENTIFIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAN 155
16. IX. FORTY YEARS OF RESEARCH AND RESTORATION AT TAKHT-E JAMSHID: 1939-1979 193
17. AFTERWORD 215
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 221
19. INDEX 233
20. PLATES 239