Education

PhD, Near Eastern Studies (Archaeology), University of California, Berkeley (2005)
MA, Archaeology, History, and Languages of Old World Civilizations, Université Lyon II, France (1997)
BA, Archaeology and Art History of Europe and the East Mediterranean, Université Lyon II, France (1996)

Research

 

  • 2018-2019: Iranian Archaeology data bank and website.
  • 2016-2018: Research and studies on the World Heritage site of Pasargadae, Iran.
  • 2018: The publication of Ali Hakemi’s excavation results from Kaluraz, northern Iran.
  • 2006: Excavation at Pasargadae, Iran (November 2006).
  • 2006: Remote sensing project of the monument known as Zendan-e Suleiman, Pasargadae, Iran.
  • 2004: Research on ancient irrigation systems and qanāts in the region of Bam , a UNESCO project.
  • 2004: Survey in the plain of Savajbulaq, near Tehran, joint project of the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, University of California at Berkeley.
  • 2004: Work on the nomination file of the site of Bam for the World Heritage List, UNESCO – Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization project (April 2004).
  • 2004: Work on the National Project of Research, Conservation, and Management of the site of Susa, Khuzestan, Iran, in cooperation with the Iranian Cultural and Tourism Organization.
  • 2004: Work on the nomination file of the site of Sultaniyeh (western Iran) for the World Heritage List of UNESCO, UNESCO – Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization.
  • 2003: Second season of archaeological survey in the plain of Savajbulaq, Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization – University of California at Berkeley.
  • 2002: Archaeological survey in the plain of Savajbulaq, region of Tehran, Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization – University of California at Berkeley.
  • 2001: Excavation of the early Iron Age graveyard in Shahrud, northeastern Iran, Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization.
  • 2001: Archaeological survey in the plain of Savajbulaq, region of Tehran.
  • 2001: Participation in the preparation of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Institute, University of California, Berkeley, for preparation of a digital map of the Sasanian Empire.
  • 2001: Research on Ernst Herzfeld’s papers, the archives of the Freer Gallery and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • 2000: Work on two nomination files concerning the sites of Naqsh-e Rustam, southern Iran, and Takht-e Suleyman, northwestern Iran, for the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO.
  • 1998: Geomagnetic survey and field work at Pasargadae, Iran, for the preparation of the nomination file for the inscription of the site on the World Heritage List, a joint project of the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization and C.N.R.S.-Paris
  • 1998: Contribution to the nomination of the site of Bāmiyān (Afghanistan) on the World Heritage List of UNESCO as a monument in danger (1998).
  • 1998: Research on unpublished reports of the Bronze Age/Iron Age site of Turang Tepe, northeastern Iran, in Paris.
  • 1996: Excavation at the Roman temple at Fourvière, Lyons, France.
  • 1996: Excavation at the Phrygian site of Gordion, Turkey, University of Pennsylvania – Royal Ontario Museum.
  • 1995: Research on unpublished material from the Iron Age site of Khorvin, near Tehran, northern Iran.
  • 1994: Excavation at the Neolithic site of Chalain, Ain Valley, France.
  • 1994: Excavation at the Gallo-Roman site of St -Romain-en-Gal, Vienne, France.

Teaching 

  • Archaeology of Iran (UCLA, Iranian 163C).
  • Ancient Cities of Iran: An Archaeological survey of historical cities and sites of Iran from 4000 B.C. to 1900 (UCLA, Iranian 187).

Publications

Books

Articles

  • The Dating Methods of Achaemenid Stone Monuments Revisited: A Short Note on the Use of Toothed Chisel, Working on Stones in the Achaemenid Empire: Methods, Theories and Techniques Virtual Symposium, 17th to 19th September 2021, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan, vol. 50, 2022 (forthcoming)
  • Achaemenid “Religious” Monuments: the Case of Monumental Towers, The Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, UCLA, Feb. 18-Feb. 28, 2020 (forthcoming).
  • Pasargadae and the Legacy of the Persian Garden, Lost in Paradise. A Journey through the Persian Landscape, Ch. Girot, F. Fahimi, and M. Uzor (eds.), Pamphlet 24, Zurich, 2020, pp. 22-29.
  • Visual Display and Written Record: Reflections on some of Xerxes Inscriptions at Persepolis, The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia, Studies in Honor of Margaret Cool Root, E.R.M. Dusinberre, M.B. Garrison, W.F.M. Henkelmann (eds.), Achaemenid History XVI, Leuven, 2020, pp. 73-79.
  • Note sur un bas-relief provenant de Pasargades, Archiver, conserver, et collectionner en Orient : Alexandre Tourovets (1953-2019) in memoriam, Ch. Cannuyer et M. Michel (eds.), Acta Orientalia Belgica XXXIII, Bruxelles, 2020, pp. 329-334.
  • Persia (Achaemenid to Sasanid Empires), c. 550 BCE–651 CE, Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture, 21st edition, chapter 15, London, 2019.
  • Archaeology and Epigraphy: reflections on some of Xerxes’ inscriptions at Persepolis,The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia: Festschrift in Honor of Margaret Cool Root, M. Garrison and E. Dusinberre (eds.), Leiden, forthcoming.
  • Medieval Iranians and ancient monuments in Fars: a survey of the epigraphic evidence, Iranica Antiqua, vol. 52, 2019, forthcoming.
  • The history of archaeological research in Iran: a brief survey, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran, D. Potts (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 3-16.
  • The Central Alborz Region in the Iron Age, in The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran, D. Potts (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 392-406.
  •  Pilgrimage to Pasargadae, Cyrus the Great. An Ancient Iranian King, T. Daryaee (ed.), Afshar Publishing, Santa Monica, California, 2013, pp. 28-39.
  • The Sasanian Empire: An Archaeological Survey, c.220 – AD 640, (co-authored with T. Daryaee), in A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, D. Potts (ed.), Willey-Blackwell, 2012, chapter 57.Les hauts et les bas de l’archéologie en Iran, La Pensée de Midi, Actes du Sud, 27, 2009, pp. 137-143 (A. Mousavi – N. Nasiri-Moghaddam).Late Bronze Age in Northwestern Iran, Iran, vol. 46, 2008,.pp. 105-120.
  • Qanats: an early irrigation system in West Asia, Qanats of Bam: A Multidisciplinary Approach, edited by M. Honari, A. Salamat et al., UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office, Tehran, 2006, pp. 87-97.
  • Why Darius Built Persepolis?, Archaeology Odyssey, November/December 2005, pp. 22-35.
  • Comments on the Early Iron Age Iran, Iranica Antiqua, vol. 40, 2005, pp. 87-99.
  • Ernst Herzfeld, politics and antiquities legislation in Iran: 1900-1950, Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies, Ann C. Gunter And Stefan Hauser eds., Leiden-Boston, 2005, pp. 445-475.
  • Persepolis in Retrospect: Histories of Discovery and Archaeological Exploration at the Ruins of Ancient Parseh, Ars Orientalis, vol. 32, Ann Arbor, pp. 209-251.
  • La région de Téhéran à l’aube de l’âge du Fer: reflexions et commentaires sur les nécropoles du IIe millénaire av. J –C., Iranica Antiqua, vol. 37, 2001, pp. 151-212.
  • La ville de Parsa. Quelques observations sur la topographie et le système défensif de Persépolis, Iranica Antiqua, vol. 34, Festschrift David Stronach, 1999, pp. 145-155.
  • Early Archaeological Adventures and Methodological Problems in Iranian Archaeology: The Evidence from Susa, Iranica Antiqua, vol. 31, 1994, pp. 1-16.
  • Une brique à décor polychrome de l’Iran occidental (VIIIe-VIIe s. av. J.-C.), Studia Iranica, vol. 23, 1994, pp. 7-18.
  • Tépé Horreeye, le bit akitu de Tchogha Zanbil?, Contribution à l’histoire de l’Iran. Mélanges offerts à Jean Perrot, edited by F. Vallat, Paris, 1990, pp. 143-145.
  • Some Recently Found Column Bases from Central Western Iran, Iranica Antiqua, vol. 25, pp. 165-172.
  • Two Bronze Statuettes from Tuzandejan, Khurassan, Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo, 1990, vol. 11, pp. 121-134.
  • The Discovery of an Achaemenid Station at Deh-Bozan in the Assadabad Valley, Archaeologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, vol. 22, 1989, pp. 135-138.

Honors & Awards

The Ehsan Yarshater Book Award for the Best Book in Iranian Studies for the book Persepolis. Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder, Berlin/Boston, 2012 (2014).

The World Book Award of the Iranian Ministry of Culture for the Best Book in Iranian Studies for the book Persepolis. Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder, Berlin/Boston, 2012 (2014).

Leon Levy – Shelby White award for the publication of Ali Hakemi’s excavation results at Kaluraz (2008).

Member of Société asiatique, France (since 2008).

The Global Heritage Fund award for the restoration project at Pasargadae, Iran (May 2006).

Fellow of the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, France (April 2005).

UNESCO award for preparing the World Heritage Nomination files for two sites of Pasargadae and Takht-e Solyeman, Iran (2003).

The Iran Heritage Foundation award for the archaeological survey of the region of Tehran (July 2003).

Fellow of the Freer Gallery and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (2001).

The Guitty Azarpay Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (2000-2003).

Fellow of the Institut français de Recherche (IFRI) in Iran for studying unpublished materials of French excavations at Tureng Tepe (northeastern Iran) in Paris (1998).

Courses

Undergraduate
  • Ancient Cities f Iran from 4000 B.C. to 1900 (Iranian 187)
  • Archaeology of Iran (C163 and C259)