Educational background
Education
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2011-2014 Graduate Student in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran (PhD Dissertation: The Process of Transition from Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age and the Expansion of Kura-Araxes Culture into NW Iran During 4th and 3rd Millennium B.C.; Under Supervision of Prof. Antonio Sagona, University of Melbourne and Prof. Kamal Aldin Niknami, University of Tehran )
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2009-2011 M.A., Department of Archaeology, University of Tarbiat Modares.
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2005-2009 ,B.A., Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran
Abstracts
Capabilities
Publication
Monographs/ Books:
Khatib Shahidi, Hamid and Abedi, Akbar.
2011 “Preliminary Report of Archaeological Excavation at Kul Tepe of Jolfa, First Season, Tehran, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (in Persian with English abstract).
Abedi, Akbar.
2012 “Preliminary Report of Archaeological Excavation at Tepe Dava Goz-e Khoy, First Season, Tehran, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (in Persian with English abstract).
Abedi, Akbar.
2014 “Preliminary Report of Archaeological Excavation at Kul Tepe of Jolfa, 2nd Season, Tehran, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (in Persian with English abstract).
Abedi, Akbar.,
Forthcoming “Prehistoric Archaeology of Iranian Azerbaijan”
Abedi, Akbar.,
Forthcoming “Obsidian Source Distribution in NW Iran”
Book Chapters:
Khatib Shahidi, H., Omrani, B., Abedi, A.,
2012 “A history of Prehistoric Archaeological Research at NW Iran.” in Eighty years of Iranian Archaeology, Edited by Yousef Hassanzadeh and Sima Miri, Pp. 305-315, Pazineh Publication, National Museum of Iran and Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, Tehran.
Articles (Journal):
Abedi, Akbar.,
Forthcoming “Excavation at Neolithic and Chalcolithic Site of Tepe Dava Göz Khoy, NW Iran, 2012: First Preliminary Report”.
Kazempour, M., Niknami, K. A., Abedi, A.,
in press “New Kurgan Burial at Zardkhaneh, and Reassessment Chronology of Late Prehistory of NW Iran” Iranica Antiqua.
Eskandari, N., Fazeli, H., Alidadi Soleimani, N., Abedi, A., Javadi, M.,
in press “Settlement Patterns in Halil River Basin during Third and Second Millennia B.C, SE Iran, Iranica Antiqua.
Eskandari, N., Abedi, A.,
in press “A Reassessment Chronology of the Konar Sandal North, Jiroft, SE Iran, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy.
Eskandari, N., Abedi, A., Shafie, M., and Javadi, M.,
2014 “Keshit: an early Bronze Age urban centre on the western edge of the Lut Desert, south-eastern Iran”, Antiquity, http://journal.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/eskandari341.
Abedi, Akbar.
2014 “Kura-Araxes Culture and NW Iran after Yanik: New Perspectives from Excavations and Surveys”, Paleorient.
Abedi, A. Khatib Shahidi, H., Chataigner, CH., Niknami, K., Eskandari, N., Kazempour, M., Pirmohammadi, A., Hoseinzadeh, J., Ebrahimi, GH.
2014 “Excavation at Kul Tepe of (Jolfa), North-Western Iran, 2010: First Preliminary Report”, Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Vol. 51: 33-167.
Khademi Nadooshan, F., Abedi, A., Glascock, M. D., Eskandari, N., and Khazaee, M.
2013 “Provenance of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts from Kul Tepe, North-western Iran, Using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analysis” Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (1956-1965) (This Article is dedicated to Professor Khademi).
Abedi, A., Khatib Shahidi, H., Sharahi, I,. Eskandari, N. and Gholam Shirzadeh
2014 “New Evidence from Dalma and Kura-Araxes Culture at Tapeh Qaley-e Sarsakhti: Special Importance of Prehistoric Findings in East Central Zagros”, Iran and the Caucasus, vol. 18: 101-114 Brill: Leiden.
Darabi, H., Fazeli, H., Abedi, A., Eskandari, N.,
2013 “First Preliminary Report on Salvage Excavation at PPN Site of East Chia Sabz, Seymareh Basin”, Journal of Archaeological Studies, (In Persian with English Abstract).
Omrani, B. Khatib Shahidi, H and Abedi, A
2012 “Early Bronze Age, New Migrants and the Beginning of Township in Azerbaijan”, NW Iran, Iranica Antiqua, vol. XLVII: 1-28.
Alizadeh, M., Noori, S., Abedi, A.,
2012 “New Findings of Rock Art at Ostad Mirza in the West of the Alborz Mountain Range, Central Iran” International Newsletter on Rock Art (INORA).
Khazaee, M., Gloscock, M.D., Masjedi, P., Abedi, A. and Nadooshan, F. K.
2011 “The Origins of Obsidian Tools from Kul Tepe, NW Iran”, IAOS Bulletin, No. 45 Summer: 14-18.
Eskandari, N., Abedi. A., N, Niazi. S, Saeediyan
2010 “Tapeh Mes: A possible Middle Paleolithic site in Delijan plain, Central plateau of Iran”., Antiquity, Volume 084 Issue 323.
Abedi, A., Omrani. B. and Eskandari, N.
2009 “Kul Tapeh: An Early Bronze Age Site in NW Iran”., Antiquity, Volume 083 Issue 322.
Eskandari, N., Darabi, H., Abedi, A., Hoseinzadeh, J.
2010/1389 “Iron Age Bichrome House Model from Qaleh Gabri, Delijan district, Central Iran, Online Anthropology and Culture Journal: Faculty of Social Science Tehran University.
Darabi, H., Abedi, A., Eskandari, N., Alizadeh Sola, M.,
2009 “Archaeological Survey at Delijan District, Central Iran, First Preliminary Report, Modarres Archaeological Research Journal, vol II: 112-129 (In Persian with English Abstract).
Articles (Conference):
Abedi, Akbar.,
2015 “Kul Tepe Second Season Excavation Report” in 13th Annual Symposium of Iranian Archaeology, National Museum of Iran, Tehran.
Abedi, Akbar.,
2014 “Kura-Araxes Culture and NW Iran After Yanik; New Perspectives from Kul Tepe Excavations, in Urbanisation, Trade, Subsistence and Production during the Bronze Age on the Iranian Plateau, March 29-May 2, Lyon, France.
Abedi, Akbar.,
2013 “5th Millennium B.C. in NW Iran: Dalma and Pisdeli Once Again, in A new look at old routes in Western Asia: Rethinking Iran in the 5th millennium BCE, Berlin: May 31- 2 June.
Abedi, A., Khatib Shahidi, H., Nobari, A., Eskandari, N.
2012 “Kul Tepe: New Research on Late Chalcolithic and Kura-Araxes Site in NW Iran, First Results and new Perspectives, in The International Symposium on Eastern Anatolia- South Caucasus Culture, Erzurum-Turkey.
Abedi, A., Khatib Shahidi, H., and Eskandari, N.
2012 “A Report on the First Season of Prehistoric Archaeological Project of Kul Tepe, NW Iran, in 8th ICAANE International Conference, Warsaw.
Abedi, A., Khatib Shahidi, H.,
2012 “Preliminary Report on First Season of Excavation at Kul Tepe Jolfa, Southern Bank of Aras River: New Evidence from Chalcolithic, Kura-Araxes Culture and Achaemenid Empire in NW Iran”, the 11th Annual Symposium of Iranian Archaeology, National Museum of Iran, Tehran.
Abedi, A., Omrani, B., and Eskandari, N.
2011 “Bronze Age, New Migrants and Distribution of the Sites at Lake Urmia Basin and Zagros, NW Iran, in International Congress on Ancient Bonzes (Edited by Ergun Lafli), 19-25 May, Izmir.
Darabi, H., Eskandari, N., Abedi, A., Saeediyan, S.
2010 “Archaeological Survey in Delijan, Central Plateau of Iran”, in 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE): London.
Abbasi, M., Abedi, A., Abedi, M.,
2009 “The Impact of Aras Free Zone Organization on Tourism Development at Eastern Azerbaijan Province; Existing Potential and Capacity”, in 1st Congress on the Tourism Development Strategies: Tabriz, Payam-e Noor University.
Translation
Henrickson, E. F., Vitali, V., (Translated by Akbar Abedi)
2009 “The Dalma Tradition: Prehistoric Inter-Regional Cultural Integration in Highland Western Iran”, PALEORIENT. Vol . 13/2 – 1987.
Teaching Experience
- “History of Art from Beginning to Contemporary Era” September - December 2014; Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran.
- “History of Art from Beginning to Contemporary Era” February - July 2014; Art University of Tabriz, Iran.
- “Archaeology of Iran “, February - July 2014; Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran.
- “Archaeology of Iran”, February - July 2013; Art University of Tabriz, Iran.
- “Archaeology of Iran during 1st Millennium B.C. (Iron Age Archaeology of Iran)”, February - July 2012; Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Iran.
- “Prehistoric Archaeology of Iran”, February - July 2012; Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Iran.
Archaeological Field Project
August-October 2013
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2nd season of Excavations at Kul Tepe, Jolfa, Eastern Azerbaijan province, Iran
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June-July 2013
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Excavator |
Excavations at Joint Project of Godedzor, Armenia
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| July- August 2012 |
Director |
First season of Excavations at Tepe Dava Göz, Khoy, Western Azerbaijan province, Iran
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June- August 2010
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Director |
First season of Excavations at Kul Tepe, Jolfa, Eastern Azerbaijan province, Iran |
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| September 2011 |
Surveyor |
First season of Surveys in Shadad, SE, Iran.
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| May 2010 |
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First season of Surveys in Kamyaran, Western, Iran.
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| June 2009 |
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First season of Surveys in Delijan, Central Plateau, Iran.
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| March-April 2009 |
Excavator |
Salvage Excavation at PPN Site of East Chia Sabz, West of Iran.
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March-April 2009
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Systematic Paleolithic Survey, Seiymareh Salvage Program, West of Iran.
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| October 2009 |
Excavator |
First season of Excavation at Tepe Qaleh Sarsakhti, Western, Iran
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| August-September 2008 |
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University of Tehran Excavations at Sagzabad Tepe, Qazvin province, Iran. |
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Grants, Fellowships, Honors
- 2011- First Place in MA at Department of Archaeology. University of Tarbiat Modares.
- 2012- Present Member of Iranian National Elite Foundation.
- 2014- First Place in PhD at Department of Archaeology. University of Tehran.
Professional Associations and Activities
- Member of Society for Iranian Archaeology (SIA) 2011- present;
- Member of the Society of Iranian Archaeology (SOIA) 2011- present;