Eṣṭaḵr: ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORTS
Reports on fieldwork
Chegini, N. N. Z., Fontana, M. V., Asadi, A., Rugiadi, M., Jaia, A. M., Blanco, A., Ebanista, L. and Cipollari, V. 2013. 'Estakhr Project - Second preliminary report of the joint mission of the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Parsa-Pasargadae Research Foundation and the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.' Vicino Oriente 17: 7-20. Also available online at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcmNoZW9sb2dpYWlzbGFtaWNhfGd4OjVmYjQ5N2UxZGQ3NDgxYjY
Fontana, M. V., Mireskandari, S. M., Rugiadi, M., Asadi, A. A., Jaia, A. M., Blanco, A. and Colliva, L. 2012. 'Estrakhr Project - First preliminary report of the joint mission of the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Parsa-Pasargadae Research Foundation and the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.' Vicino Oriente 16: 167-180. Also available online at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcmNoZW9sb2dpYWlzbGFtaWNhfGd4OjZjMjQ4Nzk4YTA3ZDJmNQ
Schmidt, E. F. 1939. The Treasury of Persepolis and Other Discoveries in the Homeland of the Achaemenians. Oriental Institute Communications 21. Chicago: 105-120. Also available online at https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oic/oic-21-treasury-persepolis-and-other-discoveries-homeland-achaemenians
Schmidt, E. F. 1940. Flights over ancient cities of Iran. Special Publication of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago: 12-16 and pls. 8-12. Also available online at https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/flights_over_iran.pdf
Whitcomb, D. 1979. ‘The city of Istakhr and the Marv Dasht plain.’ In Akten des VII. Internationalen Kongresses für Iranische Kunst und Archäologie, München, 7-10 September 1976. Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, Ergänzungsband 6. Berlin: 363-370.
Overviews of archaeological exploration and discoveries
Bivar, A. D. H. 1998. ‘Eṣṭaḵr i. History and Archaeology.’ Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. VIII: 643-646. An updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/estakr-#i (accessed on January 19, 2012).
Fontana, M. V. n.d. ‘Estakhr. Breve descrizione.’ Webpage of the Missione Archeologica della Sapienza-Università di Roma. Available at https://sites.google.com/site/archeologiaislamica/attivita-di-ricerca-research-activities/estakhr (accessed on 2016-1-15).
