Bīšāpūr and Its Territory (Fārs, Iran). Second Interim Report

The Joint Iranian-Italian archaeological activity continued in Bišāpūr city (Iran, Fārs region) with a second season in November 2013. The activities of this year were mainly devoted to the following points 1. controlling and revising GPS points of the 17 areas identified last year throughout the support of the Autocad map (Autumn 1386/2007-2008) delivered to the Italians in 2011, by M.K. Mahmoudi, Battul Khosravi, G. Maresca and E. Cocca; 2. identifying new archaeological evidences (from area 18 to area 32), especially to North-East of the city, throughout the support of the Autocad map, by M.K. Mahmoudi, Battul Khosravi, G. Maresca and E. Cocca; 3. surveying the external side of Bīšāpūr city, to West, along the irregular wavy outline of the city, following for centuries the massive and impetuous flow of the Šāpūr river, in order to detect and possibly to make a macroscopic analysis on the very high geological deposit where the city is located, including eventual tectonic fractures or karstic or qanat galleries3, by M.K. Mahmoudi, Battul Khosravi, B. Genito, G. Maresca.