Masoud Azarnoush, Ali Sharifi, Ali Hozhabri. « Bāznegari gāhnegāri nesbi va motlaq tepe Hegmatāneh, barāsās yāfteh-ha va netāyakh āzmāyesh garmāliān va rādiokarbon/ Revising the Relative and Absolute Chronology of Tepe Hegmataneh, Hamadan, Iran : Based on the Finds and the Results of Thermo-Luminescent and Radiocarbon Dating »

A significant revision of the chronology for Tepe Hegmataneh, Iran, establishes that its grand Parthian architectural level dates definitively to the middle-to-late Parthian period, spanning the first few centuries CE and potentially extending into the early 4th century. This conclusion was reached through precise stratigraphic analyses conducted between 2004 and 2007 by Masoud Azarnoush, complemented by thermoluminescence and radiocarbon dating of recovered materials. The study resolves earlier uncertainties by combining relative and absolute dating methods, providing a robust framework for understanding the site's historical timeline.

Boucharlat, R. (2018). Masoud Azarnoush, Ali Sharifi, Ali Hozhabri. « Bāznegari gāhnegāri nesbi va motlaq tepe Hegmatāneh, barāsās yāfteh-ha va netāyakh āzmāyesh garmāliān va rādiokarbon/ Revising the Relative and Absolute Chronology of Tepe Hegmataneh, Hamadan, Iran : Based on the Finds and the Results of Thermo-Luminescent and Radiocarbon Dating ». Abstracta Iranica, Volume 37-38-39. https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.46943