Rock Art Research

Dasht-e-Morghāb is a fertile plain situated in the Fars province of Iran. Several petroglyph sites are identified in the region, which mostly have been pounded on the stone walls of Achaemenid (c. 550–330 BCE) castles of the Pasargadae World Heritage site. Moreover, several petroglyph panels are identified on the rock outcrops in the area. The depictions consist of zoomorphs, anthropomorphs and aniconic markings. A preliminary chronology can be established according to the patination and archaeological evidence, including Historic constructions and inscriptions, which suggest that most of the depictions were probably made after the Achaemenid period.