Marjan Mashkour

Marjan Mashkour (

Mashkour has published widely on the archaeology of the Near East, including editing 'Zooarchaeology of the Ancient Near East' with Mark Beech.[3] Her research interest is the late Paleolithic fauna of the Zagros Mountains and the domestication of the wild goat in Iran.^[4] Research in 2006 focussed on the role of pigs and boars on the ancient Iranian plateau.^[5] She has also published new collaborative research onto the origins of the donkey.^[6] Recent research has explored the domestication of dogs in the near east.^[7] As well as researching the physicality of ancient animals, Mashkour also researches how herds may have behaved in the ancient past.^[8] This leads into her wider research on palaeo-diet.^[9] This has led to further research looking at coat colour variation in ancient canids.^[10] She is helping the National Museum of Iran to establish a center for zooarchaeology and was involved in the setting up of the Zagros Paleolithic Museum. She edited a volume on osteological collections of the National Museum of Iran entitled "Human and Animal Interactions in the Iranian Plateau: Research Conducted by the Osteology Department of Iran National Museum," which was published in 2021.

Excavations

Places and areas that Mashkour has excavated or suveryed include:

• Yafteh Cave,
  Lorestan, Iran^[11]
• Upper
  Khuzestan, south-west Iran^[12]
• Qazvin Plain, Iran[13]
• Darband Cave, Iran^[14]
• Cherabad Salt Mine, Iran^[15]
• Wezmeh Cave, western Iran^[16]

References

External links

• The Development of Nomadism in Northern Syria in the 3rd Millennium B.C..

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