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(1923-1993), Belgian archeologist who devoted almost all his research to Iran’s history. VANDEN BERGHE, LOUIS (b. Oostnieuwkerke, West Flanders, 24 December 1923; d. Ghent, 17 September 1993), Belgian archeologist (with Flemish as his mother-tongue) who devoted almost all his research to Iran’s history (FIGURE 1). After his classical studies at Roeselare College in West Flanders, he went on to study history of art and archeology at the Hoger Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis en Oudheidkunde, sectie Oudheid at Ghent University (1944-48), where he obtained his licentie (equivalen…

lit., “the lonely tree”; an arꏂcheological site in the district of Badr, near the village of Jabar, ca. 70 km east-southeast of Īlām, in the province of Pošt-e Kūh. A version of this article is available in print Volume VI, Fascicle 6, pp. 670-671 DĀR(-E) TANHĀ (lit., “the lonely tree”), an archeological site in the district of Badr, near the village of Jabar, ca. 70 km east-southeast of Īlām, in the province of Pošt-e Kūh. In 1348 Š./1969 two megalithic tombs were excavated there by Louis Vanden Berghe of Ghent University, Belgium. Each c…

(Gorge of the cypresses), an archeological site in eastern Ḵuzestān province, southwestern Iran. It is located in a gorge in the mountainous area approx. 50 km north of Behbahān. At an altitude of ca. 1200 m, it is only reached after a long climb. TANG-E SARVAK (Gorge of the cypresses), an archeological site in eastern Ḵuzestān province, southwestern Iran. It is located in a gorge in the mountainous area approx. 50 km north of Behbahān, in the Baḵtiāri area. At an altitude of ca. 1200 m, it is only reached after a long climb. The site cons…

Ceramics in Persia from the Neolithic period to the 19th century. A version of this article is available in print Volume V, Fascicle 3, pp. 265-331 CERAMICS i. The Neolithic Period through the Bronze Age in Northeastern and North-central Persia I. Northeastern Persia The ceramic tradition of northeastern Persia developed in parallel but distinct sequences in the Gorgān lowlands and the Dāmḡān highlands, including the parts of the Atrak region adjacent to both. These sequences were influenced respectively by the ceramic traditions of Sovi…