TY - BOOK ID - 142265914 TI - Nishapur revisited : stratigraphy and ceramics of the Qohandez AU - Rante, Rocco. AU - Collinet, Annabelle. AU - Labaf Khaniki, Rajabali AU - Centre de recherche et de restauration des musees de France. PY - 2013 SN - 1782971165 PB - Oxford, U.K. : Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books ; David Brown Book Company, DB - UniCat KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Pottery, Iranian KW - Geology, Stratigraphic KW - Nīshāpūr (Iran) KW - Antiquities. KW - Nishapur (Iran) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142265914 AB - Nishapur in eastern Iran was an important Silk Road city, its position providing links to central Asia and China, Afghanistan and India, the Persian Gulf and the west. Despite previous excavations there are many unresolved questions surrounding the site; when was the city founded? Is Nishapur a Sasanian city? Was it founded by the Sasanian king Shapur I or II? The question of chronology of occupation and the ceramic sequence is also problematic particularly for late antiquity and the medieval period, as well as a complete topography of the site. The Irano-French archaeological mission at Nisha ER -