Banesh

Banesh

Banesh

Village in Fars province, Iran

For the administrative divisions, see Banesh District and Banesh Rural District.

Banesh (Persian: بانش)[lower-alpha 1] is a village in Banesh Rural District of Banesh District, Beyza County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the district[4] and the rural district.[5] The village is located 60 km north of Shiraz.

Quick Facts Persian: بانش, Country ...

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,904 in 688 households, when it was in the former Beyza District of Sepidan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,837 people in 875 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,873 people in 851 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

In October 2019, Beyza District was separated from Sepidan County in the establishment of Beyza County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Beyza as its capital and only city.[4]

Archaeology

This area was occupied from the sixth millennium BC. During the Proto-Elamite period (late fourth millennium BC), the nearby Anshan became one of the main cities of the Elamite region, thanks to its location on important trade routes.

Banesh Period

Banesh is the typesite for one of the earliest cultural phases in Iran, known as the Banesh period. It is dated in 3400-2800 BC.

In the Early Banesh phase, around 3300 BC, Proto-Elamite culture emerged in the Kur River (or Kor River) basin. During the Susa III period (c. 3200 BC), when Susa was reestablished, its pottery was predominantly Banesh style, also featuring characteristic Proto-Elamite administrative devices.[8]

Banesh is part of the Marv Dasht area, which is a complex of several interconnected valleys and plains. During the mid-late Banesh Period (3100-2800 BC) Anshan was a huge city. It also featured a number of subsidiary villages and campsites.[9][10]

"Comprehensive studies of Banesh plant (Miller 1990) and animal (Zeder 1988, 1991) remains show that Banesh people focused on intensive cultivation of wheat and herding of sheep. Some craft activity, particularly ceramic and some stone vessel manufacture, was concentrated in specialized villages, at least earlier in the period (Alden 1982). In the main center, however, other craft activity, specifically copper processing, is attested only as small production areas in domestic contexts (Nicholas 1990)."[11]

See also

Notes

  1. Also Romanized as Bānesh; also known as Bānish[3]

References

  1. [1]
    OpenStreetMap contributors (15 September 2023). "Banesh, Beyza County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. [3]
    Banesh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055221" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. [4]
    Jahangiri, Ishaq (2 October 2019). "Letter of approval regarding country divisions of Sepidan County of Fars province". Qavanin (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. [5]
    Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation and formation of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Sepidan County under Fars province". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. [8]
    Kamyar Abdi, The Iranian Plateau from Paleolithic Times to the Rise of the Achaemenid Empire. The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History, Touraj Daryaee, ed. 2012
  9. [9]
    Henry Wright, The Earliest Bronze Age in Southwest Asia (3100-2700 BC) Archived 2017-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  10. [10]
    Alden 1982, Sumner 1986
  11. [11]
    Henry Wright, The Earliest Bronze Age in Southwest Asia (3100-2700 BC) Archived 2017-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
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